 And at least 20 nursery school children have died in Niger in a fire that trapped them in a straw hut classroom. Government officials said the school is located in a poor neighborhood of the West African nation's capital, Nami. An official of a teacher's union said the school in the popular pay bus neighborhood had around 800 students, including children in the nursery school. At least 20 nursery school children have died in a fire in Niger's capital. Government officials have said. The blaze trapped the children in straw hut classrooms in a poor neighborhood of Nihame on Tuesday. Prime Minister Umadou Mamadou visited the scene. To lose such young children on the eve of Ramadan is really sad. And all my condolences go to the families. We share their pain. They are everyone's children. All of us are affected. And we will do all we can so the authors, if it is a crime, that the authors of this crime are found. Niger's fire service said 21 straw hut classrooms had caught a light, and that the origin of the fire was unknown.