Monday 28 January 2013

INQUIRER.net: No alarm, only 1 exit in Brazil nightclub fire

INQUIRER.net
Philippine News for Filipinos
No alarm, only 1 exit in Brazil nightclub fire
Jan 29th 2013, 02:02

SANTA MARIA, Brazil—The nightclub Kiss was hot, steamy from the press of beer-fuelled bodies dancing close. The Brazilian country band on stage was whipping the young crowd into a frenzy, launching into another fast-paced, accordion-driven tune and lighting flares that spewed silver sparks into the air. It was another Saturday night in Santa Maria, a university town of about 260,000 on Brazil's southernmost tip. Then, in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, it turned into a scene of indescribable horror as sparks lit a fire in the soundproofing material above the stage, churning out black, toxic smoke as flames raced through the former beer warehouse, killing 231 people. "I was r...

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