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Brazil nightclub fire leaves more than 230 people dead A blaze swept through a crowded club in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing more than 230 people and injuring dozens more, police say. The toll would make it one of the deadliest nightclub fires in more than a decade.
Jan. 28, 2013
Relatives of Carlos Alexandre Machado, one of the victims of the nightclub fire, mourn during his funeral in the southern Brazilian city of Santa Maria. At least 230 people died early Sunday when a band’s pyrotechnics show set the building ablaze and fleeing partygoers stampeded toward blocked exits.
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Jan. 28, 2013
Relatives and friends remove from a hearse a coffin carrying the remains of a victim of the nightclub fire in Santa Maria.
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Jan. 28, 2013
Relatives and friends of Mariana Callegari, one of the victims of a fire at Kiss nightclub, attend her funeral in Santa Maria.
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Jan. 28, 2013
Cladimir Callegari, left, and Aline Callegari, cry during the funeral of their daughter, Mariana Callegari, one of the victims of the fire at Kiss nightclub, in Santa Maria.
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Jan. 28, 2013
Relatives of Silvio Beuren Junior, who died after the fire at Kiss nightclub, attend his wake in Santa Maria.
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Reuters
Jan. 28, 2013
The entrance to the Kiss nightclub lies in ruin after the blaze. Police officials said Monday that they have made three detentions and are seeking a fourth person in connection with the fire.
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Jan. 28, 2013
A woman who was wounded during the fire is transferred from a hospital in Santa Maria.
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Reuters
Jan. 27, 2013
Relatives of a victim of the Kiss nightclub blaze mourn during a wake at the chapel of the cemetery in Santa Maria.
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Jan. 27, 2013
People killed in the Kiss nightclub blaze are placed in coffins at the municipal gymnasium in Santa Maria.
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Jan. 27, 2013
Relatives of the victims weep during the wake in Santa Maria.
Jefferson Bernardes
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Jan. 27, 2013
Relatives of victims react during a collective wake in Santa Maria.
Ricardo Moraes
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Reuters
Jan. 27, 2013
Relatives of victims of the fire at Kiss nightclub attend a collective wake in Santa Maria.
Ricardo Moraes
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Reuters
Jan. 27, 2013
Funeral home workers arrive with empty coffins for victims of the fire at Kiss nightclub before a collective wake in Santa Maria.
Ricardo Moraes
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Reuters
Jan. 27, 2013
Relatives of victims from a fire that broke out at a nightclub open a coffin during a funeral in Santa Maria, Brazil.
Jefferson Bernardes
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Jan. 27, 2013
Relatives of victims react in Santa Maria after a blaze raced through a crowded nightclub early Sunday.
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AP
Jan. 27, 2013
The relative of a victim mourns over a coffin in Santa Maria, southern Brazil, after a fire at a nightclub killed more than 230 people.
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Jan. 27, 2013
Brazil's soldiers carry the remains of a victim outside a gymnasium where bodies were brought for identification in Santa Maria, Brazil.
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Jan. 27, 2013
Rescue workers investigate at Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, the scene of the deadly fire.
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Jan. 27, 2013
Medics and Brazilian Air Force personnel carry a victim of a fire that broke out in a nightclub to a hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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Jan. 27, 2013
Relatives of victims gather after a fire at a nightclub in the university city of Santa Maria, Brazil.
Ronald Mendes
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AP
Jan. 27, 2013
Relatives of victims cry after a fire at a nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil.
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Jan. 27, 2013
Rescue workers investigate at Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil.
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Jan. 27, 2013
Firefighters work to put out a blaze at Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil. Police say hundreds of people have been injured or killed, making it one of the deadliest nightclub fires in more than a decade.
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Jan. 27, 2013
A man carries a victim in front of Kiss nightclub in the southern Brazilian city of Santa Maria, where more than 200 people were killed in the nightclub fire Sunday after a band’s pyrotechnics show set the building ablaze.
Germano Roratto
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Reuters
Jan. 27, 2013
Firefighters douse a blaze at Kiss nightclub, where the newspaper Diario de Santa Maria reports a fire broke out around 2 a.m. A security guard at the club told the newspaper it was at its maximum capacity of between 1,000 and 2,000 partygoers.
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Jan. 27, 2013
The victims of a deadly nightclub fire receive medical assistance in a nearby street.
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Jan. 27, 2013
A police officer helps a woman next to Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil.
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