Workers clean up at the Villaggio shopping mall in Doha, May 29, 2012. Thirteen expatriate children were among those killed in Monday's fire at the Villaggio Mall in Doha's west end, including two-year-old triplets from New Zealand. Authorities have ordered an investigation into the blaze near a childcare area at the mall amid reports that security staff at the complex reacted slowly to the blaze and in chaotic fashion. Several at the complex told Reuters fire alarms did not go off or rang only dimly. REUT

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Workers clean up at the Villaggio shopping mall in Doha, May 29, 2012. Thirteen expatriate children were among those killed in Monday's fire at the Villaggio Mall in Doha's west end, including two-year-old triplets from New Zealand. Authorities have ordered an investigation into the blaze near a childcare area at the mall amid reports that security staff at the complex reacted slowly to the blaze and in chaotic fashion. Several at the complex told Reuters fire alarms did not go off or rang only dimly. REUT

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