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10 dead, 3 hurt in fire at Flamengo football club in Brazil: Reports

Flamengo is Brazil’s most popular club in the football-crazed nation.

10 dead, 3 hurt in fire at Flamengo football club in Brazil: Reports

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Fire swept through a training facility for Brazil’s most popular football club Flamengo Friday, killing at least 10 people and injuring three others, 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.

The fire broke out at 5 am in the Vargem Grande district of Rio in a modern facility where the top-flight professional Flamengo squad also trains, the news website G1 said.

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That main team had been due to practice at the facility later in the morning.

Flamengo is Brazil’s most popular club in the football-crazed nation.

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