“It was like one of those films of the Holocaust, bodies piled atop one another,” a police inspector told the press.
A nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, hosted an event for students at the nearby Federal University of Santa Maria in Rio Grande do Sul on Saturday night.
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Between 1,000 and 2,000 people packed the club, a guard told Diario de Santa Maria. The venue was at maximum capacity.
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A fire broke out around 3 a.m., not long after the band Gurizada Fandangueira stated playing. The group is known for their pyrotechnic performances.
Pictured is accordion player Danilo Jacques, 28, who died in the blaze. All the other band members survived.
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More than 233 people were killed and 100 injured. Most died from smoke inhalation.
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