Night clubs in Brazil Burned, 180 Killed

                            

strong RIO DE JANEIRO, KOMPAS.com - At least 180 people died in a fire that hit a nightclub in the city of Santa Maria, Brazil, AP news agency reported on Sunday ( 01.27.2013).

Police spokesman Sandro Meinerz, said the fire was first seen in a nightclub "Kiss" is when a band is performing. According Meinerz, events that also injured at least 200 people.

The cause of the fire is not known until now. The exact number of casualties is not yet known, said Marcelo Arigoni, a local government spokesman, told Radio Gaucha . Arigoni said a truck carrying 70 bodies at the local sports arena.

According to a local newspaper, Diario de Santa Maria, reported visible fire started at about 2:00 in the morning.

The newspaper cited, Rodrigo Moura, a security guard, a nightclub that can accommodate 1000 to 2000 visitors. When a fire occurs, the visitors pushing panic because they want to save themselves.

Initially authorities said the death toll rose to 70 people. But that number continues to grow as firefighters combed the site and found dozens of charred bodies.

"The visitors to panic when the fire began to appear, and many of them were trampled," said Guido de Melo, head of the Santa Maria fire department, was quoted as saying Estadao .

"Many of the victims who died because he could not breathe," said de Melo.

According to local media, when the incident occurred nightclub become a party of a university. The victim's family gathered in front of the building looks nightclub, waiting for news of relatives