Four people were killed in a fire that broke out early on February 15 in a makeshift Romany settlement in the southern Montenegrin town of Bar, authorities said. "We found four burnt shacks and four charred bodies at the site. Three victims are minors, one is an adult," prosecutor Mirjana Tankosic Vucinic told RFE/RL. Vucinic said preliminary findings indicated the fire was caused by a wood-burning stove. Romany settlements in Montenegro and across the Balkans are often made up of carboard and wood shelters prone to catching fire from improvised heating during winter months. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Balkan Service, click here.
4 Killed In Montenegro Romany Settlement Fire
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