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Brazil nightclub fire kills over 200, injures hundreds

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    Steve Harrigan reports from Miami, Florida

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Story this weekend this horrific scene in Brazil.

A fire ripped through a crowded nightclub.

Killing more than 230.

People is the latest count on this hundreds of people were hurt in addition to that -- an amateur video from inside the club.

Witnesses described -- panicked rush for the exits some of them confusing.

One accident which turned out to be a bathroom for -- -- to the building it is an awful awful story the likes of which sadly.

We have seen before in this country Steve Harrigan joins me now in our Miami -- with some more on this good morning Steve what do they think happened here.

Martha -- number of factors went wrong in this tragedy some of the same factors that we've seen in similar incidents.

Over the past few years first this was a small resilient.

Nightclub built to hold 1000 people -- more than 2000 people were jammed in there at a nightclub itself.

Had -- health and safety permits only one working exit and that exit for time was blocked by bouncers.

We're trying to make sure that people were not trying to run out on their bar -- traditionally paid at the end of the night in Brazil also you had a -- using pyrotechnics.

Firing flares into the ceiling that ceiling made of foam to insulate the sound it was really that burning foam which killed 90%.

Of the dead in this case it produced a toxic smoke which not only suffocate people within minutes but also disoriented those trying to escape.

Many of them as you said running for the bathroom door more than fifty bodies found in that after.

Really are horrific scene described by our standards bodies stacked up against the exit it took police hours to break through to get in to try to remove those bodies -- truck.

The more in this small town overrun with bodies were eventually taken to the gymnasium.

Where there was a crowd of devastated parents.

That is good news lossless and -- tragic.

Assumes full life full of hope that we sent -- his old.

She's just been identified but we thought she was at the hospital.

Course we saw a similar tragedy in Rhode Island in 2003 that killed a hundred people once again it was a bands using our tactics.

After that event many states mandated.

Sprinkler systems in these small clubs and also outlaw the use of sparklers pirate tactics by -- more than.

Steve what's your reaction to all of this and and the kind of rules and situation that allow this to happen embers up.

Well this was a university town and most of those killed were in their late teens university students they're out celebrating the last weekend of summer in Brazil.

The real sense of devastation.

In these town the president has cut short a visit to return home -- Took mourn with those families and funerals are going on since 7:30 in the morning at all three cemeteries in this town the country has declared three days of mourning.

And event today to mark 500 case until the World Cup.

Will be canceled there's really new questions being raised about Brazil's ability to match both the World Cup.

And the Olympics in 2016 -- they've got that their futures while us Steve thank you sad story really.

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