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Police Seek Criminal Charges in Brazil Club Fire

Criminal charges are being sought against 16 people in connection with the nightclub fire that killed 241 people in southern Brazil earlier this year, police said Friday. Inspector Marcelo Arigony told a news conference that the mayor and fire chief …

Death Toll in Brazil Nightclub Fire Rises to 237

State health officials say a 22-year-old man injured in last week’s deadly nightclub fire in southern Brazil has died. The Rio Grande do Sul Health Secretariat says Bruno Portella Fricks died late Saturday from injuries he sustained in last Sunday’s …

Brazil Nightclub Owner Blames Inspectors for Fire

A lawyer representing the owner of the nightclub in southern Brazil where 235 people died in a fire last weekend says his client “regrets it very much” but insisted he was only partly to blame. Attorney Jader Marques says club …

Police Up Death Toll to 245 in Brazil Club Fire

A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving at least 200 injured, police and firefighters said. Police Maj. Cleberson Braida told local news media that the 245 bodies were …