Photo gallery: Brazil mourns victims of nightclub fire
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Firefighters work to douse a fire at the Kiss Club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan 27, 2013. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AP/Agencia RBS
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Firefighters try to put out a fire at a nightclub in Santa Maria, 550km from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on Jan 27, 2012. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AFP/AGENCIA RBS
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A man carries an injured man, victim of a fire at the Kiss club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, early on Sunday, Jan 27, 2013. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AP/Agencia RBS
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The victims of a nightclub fire receive medical assistance in a street of Santa Maria, 550km from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on Jan 27, 2012. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AFP/AGENCIA RBS
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The victims of a nightclub fire receive medical assistance in a street of Santa Maria, 550km from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on Jan 27, 2012. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AFP/AGENCIA RBS
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Firefighters try to put out a fire at a nightclub in Santa Maria, 550km from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on Jan 27, 2012. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AFP/AGENCIA RBS
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Relatives of victims cry after a fire at a nightclub in Santa Maria, 550km from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on Jan 27, 2012. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AFP/AGENCIA RBS
Firefighters work to douse a fire at the Kiss Club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan 27, 2013. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AP/Agencia RBS
Firefighters try to put out a fire at a nightclub in Santa Maria, 550km from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on Jan 27, 2012. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AFP/AGENCIA RBS
A man carries an injured man, victim of a fire at the Kiss club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, early on Sunday, Jan 27, 2013. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AP/Agencia RBS
The victims of a nightclub fire receive medical assistance in a street of Santa Maria, 550km from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on Jan 27, 2012. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AFP/AGENCIA RBS
The victims of a nightclub fire receive medical assistance in a street of Santa Maria, 550km from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on Jan 27, 2012. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AFP/AGENCIA RBS
Firefighters try to put out a fire at a nightclub in Santa Maria, 550km from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on Jan 27, 2012. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AFP/AGENCIA RBS
Relatives of victims cry after a fire at a nightclub in Santa Maria, 550km from Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on Jan 27, 2012. A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early on Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving hundreds injured, police and firefighters said. -- PHOTO: AFP/AGENCIA RBS
SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AFP) - Brazilians on Monday were mourning the victims of a nightclub blaze in a small university town that left
more than 230 people dead and over 100 injured, with many still fighting for their lives.
Shocked survivors, mostly science students in Santa Maria, described how scores of revelers were trampled to death or succumbed to smoke inhalation as blocked exits and rising flames caused panic.
Officials said 233 people had been killed, with 116 more injured. Health Minister Alexandre Padilha told reporters the government’s priority was “saving the lives that we still can save.”
