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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on February 08, 2019, 05:00:28 pm

Title: 10 people have died in fire at Brazil soccer team complex
Post by: TomSea on February 08, 2019, 05:00:28 pm

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10 people have died in fire at Brazil soccer team complex
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Fire tore through the sleeping quarters of an academy for one of Brazil’s most popular professional soccer clubs Friday, killing 10 people and injuring three, most likely teenage players, authorities said.

Firefighters were called just after 5 a.m. local time to the sprawling Ninho de Urubu training grounds of the Flamengo soccer club in Rio de Janeiro’s western region. Overhead images captured by an Associated Press drone showed a smoky, charred area of the complex.

“We are distraught,” Flamengo President Rodolfo Landim said outside the complex, where friends, fans and neighbors gathered, some forming a circle to pray. “This is the worst tragedy to happen to the club in its 123 years.”

Read more at: https://www.foxsports.com/other/story/fire-at-brazilian-soccer-academy-kills-10-injures-3-020819 (https://www.foxsports.com/other/story/fire-at-brazilian-soccer-academy-kills-10-injures-3-020819)