Sunday 27 January 2013

180 die in nightclub blaze in Brazil


Raphael Michilis Fonseca
Officials confirmed at least 180 people died in a nightclub after insulation caught on fire.
Fire fighters say most victims died asphyxiated by the smoke, and more than 200 were injured in the accident.  

The tragedy started around 2 am, when the acoustic insulation caught fire at the nightclub The Kiss in the university city of Santa Maria in southern Brazil.

The cause of the fire is still unknown, but witnesses say The Kiss club had a 
pyrotechnics show while a band performed.

Other reports say the number of deaths might have already reached 220 in what is considered to be the worst fire disaster in Brazil’s History.

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