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Fire Kills 10 in Flamengo Youth Football Facility in Brazil

The dead included six players and four team staff. In addition to the deaths, three people were injured in the fire.

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Fire swept through a training facility of Brazil's most popular football club Flamengo on Friday, killing at least 10 people. The pre-dawn blaze in Rio de Janeiro hit a building that housed youth-category players aged 14 to 17.

The dead included six players and four team staff. In addition to the deaths, three people were injured in the fire.

The cause was not immediately known.

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

Youth league teams also train at the facility, known as Ninho do Urubu.

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

Distraught relatives rushed to the facility seeking information about loved ones, TV footage showed.

The training camp is in an area of western Rio that was hit by a huge storm Wednesday night. Six people were killed. And due to those heavy rains the football facility remained without electricity or water Friday as the fire broke out.

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