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- Mayor Norbert Mushinga said a wedding hall fire killed 22 people in Kinshasa.
- The blaze began Friday night and continued into early Saturday inside a Lingwala building.
- Narrow hallways and a single cramped exit forced attendees onto the roadside.
- Injured victims were taken to Vijana, Cinquentenario, Campo Kokolo and former Maman Yemo hospitals.
- Deputy Prime Minister Jacquemin Shabani visited Saturday morning, calling the incident a tragedy.
