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The national disaster risk management institute is already preparing to support potential victims and trying to avoid the worst.

The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Kaboré, has reportedly been detained by mutinying soldiers.

The owner of her school, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, has been arrested and the establishment closed.

Images shared by local media showed a large plume of black smoke rising above flattened buildings and scattered debris as residents call for help.

Since the coup there have been frequent large protests that have seen more than 70 protesters killed by security forces.