Hotel fire kills 10 people, 11 injured
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A fire broke out in a small hotel in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, resulting in at least 10 deaths and 11 injuries in the early hours of Friday, according to local authorities. The hotel, a three-story building providing affordable single-room accommodations, had a municipal contract to house the homeless. The Rio Grande do Sul state fire brigade reported that the hotel didn’t possess the necessary licenses and was without a …