At least three dead and dozens hurt after blaze at apartments near Budapest

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire that authorities in Hungary say left people dead and injured in Budakeszi, a suburb of Budapest (Hungary’s National Directorate General for Disaster Management via AP)

At least three people died and nearly two dozen others were injured after a building used as temporary lodgings for workers caught fire early on Friday in a suburb of Hungary’s capital, authorities said.

Firefighters extinguished the fire in Budakeszi, about five miles west of Budapest, after it engulfed the two-storey building in the early morning hours, according to Hungary’s national directorate general for disaster management.