In the dormitories of the training centre of the Brazilian soccer club Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro is a heavy fire has broken out. In addition, ten youth players died, three others were injured. That report in the local media.
The fire broke out at 5.10 pm local time and lasted until 7: 30 am for the fire brigade, the fire was able to extinguish the fire.
None of the ten victims has been identified, but all the players in the dormitories were present, were between 14 and 17 years old. “Players of the junior from Flamengo slept in the dorms when the fire broke out,” says Douglas Henaut on the Brazilian tv channel Globo News.
The training complex was only two months ago extended. The region was the recent days affected by severe weather, but the cause of the fire is at the moment unclear.
