{"id":24071,"date":"2013-01-28T20:24:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T19:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/brazil-fire-nightclub-owner-arrested-133915102.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T20:24:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T19:24:20","slug":"brazil-fire-nightclub-owner-is-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/brazil-fire-nightclub-owner-is-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil Fire: Club Owner And Band Members Held"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"first\">Brazilian police have arrested the co-owner of a nightclub where 233 people were killed in a fire, according to the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Police also apprehended two members of a band that was performing at the club, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said a flare or firework lit by members of the band onstage had started the fire which broke out early on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The fast-spreading blaze raged through the crowded Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, with a cloud of toxic smoke setting off panic as party-goers gasping for air rushed to the exit.<\/p>\n<p>Security guards tried to block people from leaving the club, survivors and rescuers have said.<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary investigation found that the club&#8217;s single exit was blocked by the bodies of those already dead.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian bars routinely make patrons pay their entire tab at the end of the night before they are allowed to leave.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was chaotic and it doesn&#8217;t seem to have been done in bad faith because several security guards also died,&#8221; police inspector Marcelo Arigony said.<\/p>\n<p>Police have said an arrest warrant has been issued for another owner of the club.<\/p>\n<p>The detentions were for investigative purposes, and a police official said they were &#8220;temporary&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the 233 victims were under 20-years-old. Around 117 others were injured.<\/p>\n<p>Funerals for some of the victims were being held on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More follows&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian police have arrested the co-owner of a nightclub where 233 people were killed in a fire, according to the AFP news agency.<br \/>\nPolice also apprehended two members of a band that was performing at the club, the report said.<br \/>\nWitnesses said a flare&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}