25 injured in Buenos Aires fire

Twenty-five people, including eight children, were injured on Sunday when eight homes in a Buenos Aires suburb went up in a blaze triggered by fireworks, police and witnesses said.

All of the victims were treated for smoke inhalation and at least one firefighter suffered minor burns, doctors treating them said.

Several of the houses collapsed as they were consumed by fire, which witnesses said was ignited by fireworks falling on a stack of cardboard boxes stored indoors.

Fourteen fire trucks battled the blaze for hours before it was brought under control in the Boulogne suburb, where many people make their living from collecting and selling cardboard, bottles and plastic containers they keep inside their homes.