Six dead in Portuguese shantytown shed blaze

Four children and two adults were killed this morning in a fire in the Fim do Mundo (End of the World) shantytown in Cascais, about 25 miles west of Lisbon.

Four children and two adults were killed this morning in a fire in the Fim do Mundo (End of the World) shantytown in Cascais, about 25 miles west of Lisbon.

The victims were women aged 39 and 19, a 16-year-old girl, and three boys aged 12, 10 and five, officials said.

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