Raphael Michilis Fonseca
One of the owners of the nightclub Kiss in Brazil, where 231 people died in a fire yesterday, admitted to the police the establishment’s license had expired since august 2012.
The owners of the club were identified as Mauro Hoffman and Elisandro Spohr, but the police did not reveal which of the business partners spoke to them. Brazilian authorities haven’t confirmed yet if the business partners will be detained as suspects of manslaughter.
According to the chief police Sandro Meiners, the owner said the club had already filed process to renew its license. Meiners said he would check why the license had not been granted by then.
Besides the license to open, the club’s certificate of Fire Prevention Plan was also expired, according to the National Civil Defence Secretary, Colonel Humberto Viana.
Rodrigo Lemos Martins, member of Gurizada Fandangueira, who played at the venue told local media that the fire started when the group lit up a flare that ignited the flames in the insulation material on the ceiling.
Martins also said another member of the band tried to put off the fire with help from security staff, but the fire extinguisher did not work.
The club had only one exit and reports say that, at some point during the fire, security staff did not allow customers to leave the premises. This could be the reason why many of the victims ran to toilets.
One of the owners of the nightclub Kiss in Brazil, where 231 people died in a fire yesterday, admitted to the police the establishment’s license had expired since august 2012.
The owners of the club were identified as Mauro Hoffman and Elisandro Spohr, but the police did not reveal which of the business partners spoke to them. Brazilian authorities haven’t confirmed yet if the business partners will be detained as suspects of manslaughter.
According to the chief police Sandro Meiners, the owner said the club had already filed process to renew its license. Meiners said he would check why the license had not been granted by then.
Besides the license to open, the club’s certificate of Fire Prevention Plan was also expired, according to the National Civil Defence Secretary, Colonel Humberto Viana.
Rodrigo Lemos Martins, member of Gurizada Fandangueira, who played at the venue told local media that the fire started when the group lit up a flare that ignited the flames in the insulation material on the ceiling.
Martins also said another member of the band tried to put off the fire with help from security staff, but the fire extinguisher did not work.
The club had only one exit and reports say that, at some point during the fire, security staff did not allow customers to leave the premises. This could be the reason why many of the victims ran to toilets.
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