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| The owner of a nightclub in southern Brazil where more than 230 people died in a fire last weekend deflected blame to "the whole country," as well as to architects and inspectors charged with making sure the building was safe, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Lawyer Jader Marques said his client, Elissandro Spohr, "regretted having ever been born" because of his grief over the fire, but still blamed Sunday's tragedy on "a succession of errors made by the whole country." | The owner of a nightclub in southern Brazil where more than 230 people died in a fire last weekend deflected blame to "the whole country," as well as to architects and inspectors charged with making sure the building was safe, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Lawyer Jader Marques said his client, Elissandro Spohr, "regretted having ever been born" because of his grief over the fire, but still blamed Sunday's tragedy on "a succession of errors made by the whole country." |
| Police investigating the blaze have said it probably started when a country music band performing at the Kiss nightclub in the college town of Santa Maria lit a flare, which ignited flammable soundproofing foam on the ceiling. That initial error was compounded by the near-total lack of emergency infrastructure such as a fire alarms or sprinkler systems, police have said. The club also had only one working door and a faulty fire extinguisher. Marques insisted that "my client's responsibility is having trusted too much in the inspectors and in those responsible for the construction." | Police investigating the blaze have said it probably started when a country music band performing at the Kiss nightclub in the college town of Santa Maria lit a flare, which ignited flammable soundproofing foam on the ceiling. That initial error was compounded by the near-total lack of emergency infrastructure such as a fire alarms or sprinkler systems, police have said. The club also had only one working door and a faulty fire extinguisher. Marques insisted that "my client's responsibility is having trusted too much in the inspectors and in those responsible for the construction." |
| The number of injured jumped to 143 on Wednesday after 22 people were admitted to hospitals with respiratory problems after escaping the club apparently unharmed. The blaze also claimed another life late Tuesday, raising the death toll to 235, as a 21-year-old man with burns covering 70% of his body succumbed to his wounds. Brazilian media reported that the man's brother was also killed in the fire. | The number of injured jumped to 143 on Wednesday after 22 people were admitted to hospitals with respiratory problems after escaping the club apparently unharmed. The blaze also claimed another life late Tuesday, raising the death toll to 235, as a 21-year-old man with burns covering 70% of his body succumbed to his wounds. Brazilian media reported that the man's brother was also killed in the fire. |
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