No alarm, only 1 exit in Brazil nightclub fire
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 A youth holds a photograph of his sister Pamella Lopes, who died in a nightc...
SANTA MARIA, Brazil — The nightclub Kiss was hot, steamy from the press of beer-fueled bodies dancing close. The Brazilian country band on stage was whipping the young crowd into a frenzy, launching into another fast-paced, accordion-driven tune and lighting flares that spewed silver sparks into the air.

It was another Saturday night in Santa Maria, a university town of about 260,000 on Brazil's southernmost tip.

Then, in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, it turned into a scene of indescribable horror as sparks lit a fire in the soundproofing material above the stage, churning out black, toxic smoke as flames raced through the former beer warehouse, killing 231 people.

What a very sad and tragic story, another nightclub fire with only one exit.  And set a blaze by sparks omitted by fireworks again.  And with no fire alarm, I hope they throw the book at these Nightclub Owners. Maria-Lyn