Wedding party fire in Congo’s capital Kinshasa leaves at least 22 dead

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September 6, 2026

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Wedding party fire in Congo’s capital Kinshasa leaves at least 22 dead

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A fire at a wedding party in Congo’s capital Kinshasa left at least 22 people dead, the regional mayor said Saturday.

Several others were injured.

The fire started Friday night and continued into early Saturday in a building in Lingwala in northern Kinshasa. The building’s narrow hallways were constricted by people trying to escape the fire.

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