Brazil Nightclub Fire More Than 230 Dead

	Brazil Nightclub Fire More Than 230 Dead More than 230 people have been killed after a fire sparked a stampede in a packed nightclub in southern Brazil. Around 117 others were injured after the blaze broke out while a band, called Gurizada Fandangueira, was performing at the Kiss club in the university city of Santa Maria. It is thought the band may have lit flares on stage and the building's soundproofing caught fire, filling the club with acrid smoke. Fire chief Guido de Melo said there was panic after the fire started and many revellers were trampled. He said the main cause of death was asphyxiation. Mr Melo said that firefighters had a hard time getting inside the club because "there was a barrier of bodies blocking the entrance". Relatives of victims from a fire that broke out at a nightclub weep, during their funeral in Santa Maria, 550 Km from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on January 27, 2013. At least 232 people died and 131 were injured early Sunday when a fire tore through a nightclub packed with university students in the southern Brazilian city of Santa Maria, police said. AFP PHOTO / Jefferson BERNARDES (Photo credit should read JEFFERSON BERNARDES/AFP/Getty Images) Relatives at a wake in Santa Maria There was only one exit in the building. One survivor Michele Pereira told a local newspaper that she was near the stage when members of the band lit flares. "The band that was onstage began to use flares and, suddenly, they stopped the show and pointed them upward," she said. "At that point, the <b>...</b>	From: Damaris Reyes Views: 0 0 ratings
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