Four children have reportedly been killed after a security guard set fire to a nursery in Brazil.
The security guard set fire to several children at the municipal nursery according to the Military Police, reports local news paper O Globo.
At least one teacher is said to have been injured in the blaze which took place in Januauba, Minas Gerais, in the Southeast of the country.
According to the publication, the guard had recently been fired from the nursery.
Emergency services are said to have been called at around 9:40 am local time on Thursday. The call was said to be of "serious occurrence" and required all the available vehicles of the Military Fire Brigade in Janauba.
Footage from outside the school shows parents panicking and in disarray while clutching their children.
The Regional Hospital of Janauba is believed to be treating victims of the fire.
“The children are being transferred to the pediatric area, and the adults are being treated here,” Helton Ricardo Mendes, the care director of the unit, told the publication.
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