Brazil nightclub Kiss fire death toll rises to 240
THE death toll from the January nightclub fire in Brazil is now 240, after another victim died of his injuries in hospital.
A 25-YEAR-OLD man has died of injuries suffered in a nightclub fire in Brazil, bringing the death toll in the tragedy to 240, hospital officials say.
A spokeswoman for Christ the Redeemer hospital in the southern city of Porto Alegre told AFP on Saturday that Pedro Falcao Pinheiro had died.
No other details were provided.
The fire broke out on January 27 at the Kiss nightclub in the college town of Santa Maria in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Police have linked the blaze to a pyrotechnic show staged by musicians using flares designed for outdoor use.
The club was also overcrowded and the only way out was poorly marked.
Witnesses said the fire extinguishers did not work.
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