Brazil's Flamengo football club training facility engulfs in fire, 10 killed


Devdiscourse News Desk | Rio De Janeiro | Updated: 08-02-2019 16:52 IST | Created: 08-02-2019 16:04 IST
Brazil's Flamengo football club training facility engulfs in fire, 10 killed
The pre-dawn blaze in Rio de Janeiro hit a building that housed youth-category players aged 14 to 17, TV Globo said. Image Credit: Pixabay
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Fire swept through a training facility for Brazil's most popular football club Flamengo Friday, killing at least 10 people, news outlets said.

The pre-dawn blaze in Rio de Janeiro hit a building that housed youth-category players aged 14 to 17, TV Globo said. It broadcast aerial footage of the fire, which it said had been brought under control.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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