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Brazil nightclub fire likely killed more than 200: police
Reuters ^ | Jan 27, 2013

Posted on 01/27/2013 3:57:57 AM PST by nuconvert

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Major Gerson da Rosa Ferreira, overseeing rescue efforts at the scene for the military police, told reporters that 159 bodies had already been identified and removed from the nightclub in the southern city of Santa Maria.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brazil; fire; killed; nightclub; santamaria
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To: Caipirabob

Carnaval?...just wait until the World Cup. It’s going to be a total disaster. Country, stadiums, won’t be ready...


21 posted on 01/27/2013 8:47:08 AM PST by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: SkyDancer

Yes, that was a tragic fire, too.


22 posted on 01/27/2013 8:58:09 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

High time to register and ban ‘assault fires’!

When will the insanity of allowing ‘assault fires’ end?

We get get ‘assault fires’ off the streets!

Enough is enough!

It’s for the children (pic of Obaba surrounded by cute kids with dum-dum bullets, assault machine gun armed DHS thugs in the background.


23 posted on 01/27/2013 9:50:46 AM PST by OldArmy52 (The question is not whether Obama ever lies, but whether he ever tells the truth.)
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To: ken5050
Carnaval?...just wait until the World Cup. It’s going to be a total disaster. Country, stadiums, won’t be ready...

They also have the next Summer Olympics.

24 posted on 01/27/2013 11:05:52 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: nuconvert

darn, and just when they were all getting ready for church too


25 posted on 01/27/2013 12:50:58 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: muskah

Electric wiring, too. The rights of the few cannot come before the safety of the many. Diane Feinstein said so. The founding fathers agree with her. She said so, so it must be true./sarc


26 posted on 01/27/2013 2:25:17 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: raccoonradio
The Coconut Grove fire was as deadly as it was because of the design of the buildings at the time. Exit doors on structures at that time had no codes, and the doors at the Grove opened 'in' instead of 'out'.

People were supposedly stacked up at the doors because once the doors were pinned shut with all of the people pushing to get out, the doors could not be pulled opened.

Mass State Law (not sure if it has been done by the Feds) building codes now state that all buildings such as these need to have all exit doors opening out.

27 posted on 01/27/2013 2:42:07 PM PST by Fedupwithit (You gave him what he wanted. I gave him what he needed.)
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To: raccoonradio

If you hunt around, you’ll find a live FR thread reporting that fire. Thread was posted by someone who lived down the street, as I recall. (Freepers are everywhere!)


28 posted on 01/27/2013 4:07:26 PM PST by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: JennysCool

Yes, thanks...
and agreed with prev. post re Cocoanut Grove which did result in some fire safety changes.


29 posted on 01/27/2013 7:15:29 PM PST by raccoonradio
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