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Ten people killed in fire at training ground of Brazilian side Flamengo

Published 13:20 8 Feb 2019 GMT

Wil Jones
Ten people killed in fire at training ground of Brazilian side Flamengo

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A blaze has killed ten people at the training ground of one of Brazil's biggest football teams

The fire engulfed a dormitory at Ninho de Urubu, the youth team training centre of Flamengo in Rio De Janeiro, at around 5am local time on Friday morning. The fire was under control by 7.30am. The ten victims are yet to be identified but have all been reported to be young athletes by local media. the dormitory is known to have been home to players aged 14 to 17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z_ajai09cY The cause of the fire is not yet known. A tweet from Flamengo on Friday morning said the club was "in mourning". https://twitter.com/Flamengo/status/1093835637512421377 Tributes poured in from the world of football. Former player, who is now at Real Madrid, tweeted "Such sad news. Pray for everyone. Strength strength, strength." https://twitter.com/vini11Oficial/status/1093809442431344640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1093809442431344640&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-latin-america-47170055 Clubs including AC Millan, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have all offered condolences. https://twitter.com/acmilan/status/1093849494935031808 https://twitter.com/Fenerbahce_EN/status/1093838016022564866 https://twitter.com/atletienglish/status/1093853269011640320 https://twitter.com/realmadriden/status/1093846708637892608 Flamengo finished eighth in the Brazilian Série A in 2018.  

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Ten people killed in fire at training ground of Brazilian side Flamengo