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In pictures: Brazil nightclub blaze

at least 245 people killed in blaze caused by a pyrotechnics show in the city of Santa Maria, local media reports.

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A man carries a victim of a fire at the Kiss club in Santa Maria city, Brazil [AP]
By Al Jazeera Staff
Published On 27 Jan 2013
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Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke out in a Brazil nightclub [EPA]
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Locals help evacuate injured victims of the nightclub blaze [EPA]
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Firefighters work to douse a fire that has killed at least 245 people [AP]
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A police officer helps a woman after a fire was started by a band(***)s pyrotechnics show [Reuters]
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Firefighters, onlookers and police officers surround a nightclub after a fire broke out [EPA]
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Rescue Service members take care of victims outside the nightclub [EPA]
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