At least 232 people have been killed in a fire at a nightclub in
southern Brazil. Local media have reported that a band's pyrotechnics
show caused the building to catch fire.
At least 232 people were killed in a fire at the Kiss nightclub in the
southern city of Santa Maria early Sunday, according to Police Maj.
Cleberson Braida. He says the bodies were brought to a gymnasium in the
city.
The initial death toll was given as 245, but Braida said a new count of bodies brought to the gymnasium led to a lower count.
Media reports say the fire broke out after 2:00 am (0400 GMT)
when the nightclub was hosting a university party featuring a rock band.
"There was panic after the fire started and many revelers got trampled," Santa Maria fire chief Guido de Melohe is quoted as saying by Estadao newspaper. "The main cause of death was asphyxiation."
According to the newspaper O Globo, sparks from the band's pyrotechnic display hit the soundproof foam on the ceiling and caught fire.
"We have just taken the fire under control," Colonel Silvia Fuchs of the local fire department was quoted by the G1 website as saying. "Now we are removing the bodies."
In the wake of the tragedy, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has cut short her visit to Chile in order to return home. She was participating in the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States summit (CELAC) in Santiago.
Santa Maria, a major university city, is 300 kilometers (187 miles) west of the state capital, Porto Alegre.
hc/pfd (Reuters, AFP, dpa)
The initial death toll was given as 245, but Braida said a new count of bodies brought to the gymnasium led to a lower count.
"There was panic after the fire started and many revelers got trampled," Santa Maria fire chief Guido de Melohe is quoted as saying by Estadao newspaper. "The main cause of death was asphyxiation."
According to the newspaper O Globo, sparks from the band's pyrotechnic display hit the soundproof foam on the ceiling and caught fire.
"We have just taken the fire under control," Colonel Silvia Fuchs of the local fire department was quoted by the G1 website as saying. "Now we are removing the bodies."
In the wake of the tragedy, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has cut short her visit to Chile in order to return home. She was participating in the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States summit (CELAC) in Santiago.
Santa Maria, a major university city, is 300 kilometers (187 miles) west of the state capital, Porto Alegre.
hc/pfd (Reuters, AFP, dpa)
| 巴西南部聖塔瑪麗亞市一家夜總會，27日凌晨疑似因樂團煙火表演引發大火，造成至少245人不幸喪生，還有至少200人受傷。（路透） |
〔編譯俞智敏、記者吳仁捷／綜合報導〕巴西南部城市聖塔瑪麗亞（Santa Maria）一家夜店，二十七日凌晨疑似因樂團煙火表演引發大火，當地警方表示有至少兩百四十五人不幸葬身火窟，還有至少兩百人受傷。原本在智利參加歐洲─拉美高峰會的巴西總統羅塞夫，聞訊後也立刻縮短行程，返國視察災情。這起事故是巴西近十年來死傷最慘重的夜店火災。
當地官員表示，救難人員已從火場中搬出兩百四十五具被大火燒得焦黑的屍體，運往附近的體育館等候辨識身分，大部份罹難者都是吸入濃煙窒息或遭踐踏死亡。聖塔瑪麗亞市警方指出，在這家Kiss夜總會表演的樂團成員或工作人員點燃火焰，結果火苗引燃天花板，並迅速在夜總會內蔓延開來，火勢在數秒內一發不可收拾。
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據巴西當地媒體報導，大火約在二十七日凌晨兩點左右發生，當時店裡正舉辦一場大學晚會，請來搖滾樂團表演，煙火秀則是表演的一部份。據稱火災發生當時，店裡可能有三百到五百人；一名警衛則說，當時可能有一到兩千人。火災發生後，所有人都驚慌推擠急著逃生，一名生還者表示，她能夠幸運逃出來，是因為當時她坐在靠近門口的貴賓區。
大學城聖塔瑪麗亞位於巴西南部，鄰近阿根廷與烏拉圭邊界，人口約二十五萬人。這場大火令人聯想到二○○三年美國羅德島州西沃維克「車站」夜總會大火造成一百人死亡，○四年阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯的夜店大火則造成近兩百人喪生，這兩起死傷慘重的火災起因都是樂團或觀眾在室內點燃明火，導致整間夜店付之一炬。
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台中ALA PUB一百年三月六日發生的火災共奪走九條人命，案發後消防署即推動修改消防法，規範明火表演安全，內政部同年通過「明火表演安全管理辦法」，室內明火表演採「申請制」，違者可處三至十五萬元罰鍰。
新北市消防局火災預防科科長黃弟勝說，消防法於一百年五月四日修正公布，規定供公眾使用的建築物或中央主管機關公告的場所，除法令另有規定外，非經申請許可，不得使用明火表演，違者還可按次處罰。新規定施行後，彰化縣文化局於一百年七月舉辦活動時使用明火，就遭處罰；去年十月藝人蔡依林為酒商促銷，調酒秀時出現明火，酒商也被台北市消防局開罰。
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