Brazilian football club fire: 10 People dead

A fire at the training ground of the Brazilian football club Flamengo leaves 10 people dead and three others were hurt. Firefighters responded to reports of a blaze early Friday at the training center in Rio de Janeiro, where flames engulfed a dormitory where the players were sleeping. All the victims were all staying at Ninho de Urubu, the training ground of Flamengo football club in Rio de Janeiro.

Flamengo is one of Brazil’s biggest and most popular clubs, playing their home matches in Rio de Janeiro. Formed in 1898 as a rowing club, Flamengo took up football a few years later and were in their early years an institution for the elite.

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