Three arrests made in Brazil fire, funerals begin
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Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Vinicius Rosado through a cemetery during his burial in Santa Maria, Brazil, Monday, Jan 28, 2013. Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A woman cries over the coffin of her boyfriend at a gymnasium where bodies were brought for identification in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan 27, 2013. Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Relativies and friends of Heitor de Oliveira, one of the victims of the Kiss night club fire, gather around his coffin during the funeral at Santa Rita cementery in Santa Maria, on Jan 28, 2013. Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people. -- PHOTO: AFP
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The front pages of the main Brazilian newspapers in a newsstand in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan 28, 2013, have images and headlines related to the tragedy that occured on the eve in the southern city of Santa Maria, when a blaze in a disco killed 233 youngsters. Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Relatives of Carlos Alexandre Machado, one of the victims of a fire at Boate Kiss nightclub, mourn during his funeral in the southern city of Santa Maria, 301km west of the state capital Porto Alegre, Jan 28, 2013. Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A man stands around coffins containing the remains of victims after the bodies were identified at a gymnasium in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan 27, 2013. Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people. -- PHOTO: AP
Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Vinicius Rosado through a cemetery during his burial in Santa Maria, Brazil, Monday, Jan 28, 2013. Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people. -- PHOTO: AFP
A woman cries over the coffin of her boyfriend at a gymnasium where bodies were brought for identification in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan 27, 2013. Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people. -- PHOTO: AFP
Relativies and friends of Heitor de Oliveira, one of the victims of the Kiss night club fire, gather around his coffin during the funeral at Santa Rita cementery in Santa Maria, on Jan 28, 2013. Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people. -- PHOTO: AFP
The front pages of the main Brazilian newspapers in a newsstand in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan 28, 2013, have images and headlines related to the tragedy that occured on the eve in the southern city of Santa Maria, when a blaze in a disco killed 233 youngsters. Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people. -- PHOTO: AFP
Relatives of Carlos Alexandre Machado, one of the victims of a fire at Boate Kiss nightclub, mourn during his funeral in the southern city of Santa Maria, 301km west of the state capital Porto Alegre, Jan 28, 2013. Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people. -- PHOTO: AFP
A man stands around coffins containing the remains of victims after the bodies were identified at a gymnasium in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan 27, 2013. Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people. -- PHOTO: AP
SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian police say they've made three arrests and are seeking a fourth person in connection with a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people.
Inspector Ranolfo Vieira Junior said at a Monday press conference that the arrests are for investigative purposes. He says the detentions have five-day limits.
He declined to identify those arrested or the fourth person sought.
More than 230 people died early Sunday during the fire at a university party in southern Brazil. Police have said they think a band's pyrotechnics show ignited sound insulation on the ceiling, causing the blaze.
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