39 Dead And 29 Injured in Migrant Center Fire Near U.S - Mexico Border

 More than three dozen people are reportedly dead and more than two dozen injured after a deadly fire at a migrant center near the U.S.-Mexico border.

Mexico's National Migration Institute (INM) released a statement Tuesday that reported 39 deaths and 29 injuries from the devastating fire, which it claimed broke out just before 10 p.m. on Monday night in the Mexican state of Chihuahua in Ciudad Juarez.

Photos and videos taken outside the facility following the blaze showed several bodies covered in shiny tarps lined up beside emergency service vehicles, reported Reuters. The INM said that the 29 injured were transported to four local hospitals in conditions ranging from "delicate" to "serious."

A total of 68 men from Central and South America had been staying at the facility at the time of the blaze, INM added in its release.

The migrant facility is located close to the Santa Fe International Bridge, neighboring El Paso, Texas, reported NBC News. It is one of the sites where immigrants who have requested asylum in the U.S. stay while they wait for permission to cross, per Associated Press.

A number of migrants have traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border in anticipation of the end of Title 42, which gives U.S. border officials the authority to immediately reject migrants at the border, after the Biden Administration indicated that it would end the act, added the BBC.