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Brazil in mourning after nightclub fire

At least 230 people killed in blaze caused by a pyrotechnics show in university town of Santa Maria, local police say.
Last Modified: 28 Jan 2013 08:14

An investigation is under way after a blaze killed 230 people and injured hundreds of others in southern Brazil.

It happened in the university town of Santa Maria early on Sunday morning.

Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports from Santa Maria.

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