SANTO DOMINGO, June 19 (Reuters) – One person was killed and nearly 1,700 tourists were evacuated due to a large fire at the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel in Bayahibe, in the south-eastern end of the Dominican Republic, local authorities said on Friday.
(Reporting by Paul Mathiesen and Erika Santelices in Santo Domingo)
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