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233 die in Brazil club blaze

Pile of bodies blocked exit, rescuers say

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: January 28, 2013 at 12:56 a.m.

RONALD MENDES
Credit: AP/Agencia RBS
Relatives of victims react as they wait for news in front of the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, on Sunday.

Flames raced through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing 233 people as panicked party goers gasped for breath in the smoke-filled air, stampeding toward a single exit partially blocked by those already dead. It appeared to be the world’s deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade.

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A fire in a crowded nightclub in Brazil has killed at least 245 people. Police and firefighters say at least 200 people were injured. (By The Associated Press)
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People help a man injured during a fire at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, early Sunday. ... (By: Agencia RBS ) (Credit: AP)

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