Parents rammed cars into burning day care

Parents rammed cars into burning day care
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Neighbors describe panic, horror as parents try to rescue kids from burning building

One door was padlocked shut and children couldn't get to high windows, officials say

At least 41 children die in fire; dozens more in hospitals in Mexico and U.S.

Cause of fire still unknown; investigators say it didn't start inside day care



HERMOSILLO, Mexico (CNN) -- Parents of the children trapped in a burning Mexican day care center rammed their vehicles into the building to try to free the trapped children, witnesses told CNN.


Relatives cry Saturday at the funeral for one of the children killed at a day care fire in Hermosillo, Mexico.


Neighbors described parents arriving at the day care center completely desperate, seeing it engulfed in flames and knowing there was no way to get the children out, CNN's Thelma Gutierrez reported from the scene. They say they could hear the cries of the children and the screams of their parents.

The building had two doors, but one was padlocked shut, officials said. Windows were too high for the children to reach.
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