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Deadly fire at Brazil club

Policemen check the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, where a blaze killed 235 people. Police have arrested four suspects -- two of the club's owners and two members of a band that staged a pyrotechnics show -- but some Brazilians say city officials are also culpable for allowing safety rules to be ignored.

Policemen check the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, where a blaze killed 235 people. Police have arrested four suspects -- two of the club’s owners and two members of a band that staged a pyrotechnics show -- but some Brazilians say city officials are also culpable for allowing safety rules to be ignored. (Jeferson Bernardes / AFP/Getty Images)

Jan. 27, 2013 5:24 AM PT

A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil, killing hundreds and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters say.

Nightclub fire

Looking through the entrance to the club after the deadly blaze. (Jefferson Bernardes / AFP/Getty Images)

Mourners

Girls cry in front of a makeshift memorial outside the club. (Felipe Dana / Associated Press)

Nightclub co-owner

Mauro Hoffman, co-owner of the Kiss nightclub, is taken into custody. He is one of four people arrested. (Emerson Souza / AFP/Getty Images)

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