
Brazil nightclub fire

More than 230 people died on Jan. 27 during a fire during a university party in southern Brazil. Police said they think a band’s pyrotechnics show ignited sound insulation on the ceiling, causing the blaze.
Pictured: A victim’s relatives cried at the municipal cemetery on Jan. 28 in Santa Maria, Brazil.
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| January 27, 2013

Cladimir Callegari, father of fire victim Mariana Callegari, cried during her funeral on Jan. 28.
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| January 27, 2013

Relatives and friends carried the coffin of Vinicius Rosado through a cemetery during his burial in Santa Maria, Brazil, on Jan. 28.
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| January 27, 2013

Air Force members fired their rifles in homage to Giovani Krauchenberg, one of the victims of the disco blaze.
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| January 27, 2013

The front pages of the main Brazilian newspapers in a newsstand in Rio de Janeiro on Jan. 28 had images and headlines related to the tragedy.
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| January 27, 2013

A man, who was wounded during a fire at Boate Kiss nightclub, was transferred from a hospital in Santa Maria to receive treatment in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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| January 27, 2013

A crowd stood outside a Brazilian nightclub while a fire blazed inside on Jan 27.
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| January 27, 2013

It was the deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade.
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| January 27, 2013

The fire is believed to have started after a performing band lit pyrotechnics
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| January 27, 2013

The fire erupted during a boisterous student party, police said.
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| January 27, 2013

People helped an injured man.
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| January 27, 2013

Police inspected the entrance of the nightclub after the fire.
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| January 27, 2013

Relatives of victims attended a collective wake.
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| January 27, 2013

Victims' bodies were identified at a gymnasium.
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| January 27, 2013

A man stood near coffins containing the remains of victims after the bodies were identified.
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| January 27, 2013