Urgent news nightclub tragedy in Brazil santa maria

According to preliminary information, the fire would have started in the foam soundproofing on the ceiling. The flames spread quickly and the atmosphere shrouded in black smoke. The integral of one of the bands that performed tonight, would have lit a firecracker - a kind of flag - that would have started the fire.

The nightclub Kiss, Rua dos Andradas in Santa Maria, is the scene of a tragedy. A fire, which had started around 2 am this Sunday, may have caused the death of dozens of people. According to the delegate Sandro Mainer, serving tragedy, at least 90 people may have died in this tragedy.

The site has only one exit door and there was uproar in the escape attempt. Firefighters popular and opened a hole in the outer wall to allow more people get out.

Teams from the fire department, the Santa Maria Air Base, Federal Highway Police, State Traffic Police, Military Police, Special Operations Battalion and Samu count, too, with the help of the emergency ambulance service and the emergence of several hospitals and clinics city.

The Street of Andradas, between André Marques and Avenida Rio Branco, are interdicted. There is so much turmoil in place.

Firefighters are still working on site. The Civil Police is already in place, but the work can only commence when the fire is completely controlled. There are risks of building the club collapsed. Experts of the IGP, Porto Alegre, will expertise on the cause of the fire.