233 killed in Brazil nightclub fire

[Adi]

- At least 233 people were killed, Brazil's health minister says
- Club's fire permit expired in August
- Piles of bodies found in bathroom
- Victims' cell phones ring, go unanswered
- Bodies taken to gym for identification
- Reporter: Shoes, cell phones are strewn amid the charred wreckage of the club
- The club was about 1,000 people over capacity, a state fire official says
- Preliminary info indicates security guards may have stopped people from leaving

Shocking.

Stuff like this + terrible public infrastructure will make the 2014 World Cup a huge, damn risk.  They better sort this out.

[stas]

This is very sad. They obviously shouldn't have been 1000 people over capacity but then again maybe the band should've been warned not to light a flare in a matchbox.

[Adi]

These guys will be bankrupt in a few months.  The fact that they went 1000 people over capacity and also had their fire permit expire last summer will be millions out of their pocket.