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Fire kills 10 at youth training facility of Brazilian soccer club Flamengo

A dormitory fire at the youth training complex of the Brazilian soccer club Flamengo on Friday killed 10 people and injured at least three others, state-run news agency Agencia Brazil is reporting.

A Brazilian fire official told the Associated Press that firefighters responded just after 5 a.m. Friday to a blaze at the club’s Ninho de Urubu training complex, located in Rio de Janeiro’s western zone. The AP reports that the ages of the deceased are not yet known, but that the three injured are 14, 15 and 16 years old and have been taken to local hospitals.