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Fire in Brazil kills at least 10 in Flamengo youth football facility: reports

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 8, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – 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.

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