A FIRE at a camp for hundreds of displaced families in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least seven children.
The camp houses families from Bushushu, a village on Lake Kivu that was destroyed by deadly floods and landslides in May.
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The blaze is said to have started in the middle of the camp before spreading, destroying hundreds of huts.
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Several adults are being treated for burns.
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The UN estimates around 3,000 families were left homeless after the floods in the Kalehe region of eastern DR Congo, an area already plagued by armed insurgencies.
