Worlds attention today was focused on a horrific tragedy in brazil, the death toll tonight at least 230 after a fastmoving fire broke out in a crowded nightclub. Officials say too many people and too few exits turned the club into a death trap after a rock bands pyrotechnics apparently ignited the ceiling. Many patrons were left unable to get out, overwhelmed by the smoke, and in some cases, the flames themselves much the circumstances are eerily similar to some other deadly nightclub fires the past several years, including one in this country. Todays tragedy happened in the southern brazilen University Town of santa maria. Nbcs mike taibbi reports. Reporter the kiss nightclub was packed with the usual saturday night crowd when at 2 00 in the morning, a disaster. The ground floor was filled with smoke. Club security initially blocked several emergency exits, thinking patrons were leaving without paying and that left only a few ways out. In the ensuing panic, many victims were trampled,
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contact with him is being monitored. So far no other cases were confirmed in the u. S. Doctors rowelled out a case of ebola in a case of a person in washington d. C. still, this is in texas. And a new case in new jersey. There is fear about the disease crossing across america. We expect to see more rumors or concerns or possibilities of cases until there is a positive laboratory test, that is w
Al im Harris Faulkner, this is the fox report. The first person to be diagnosed with ebola in the United States is now fighting for his life. That word from the centers and disease com and prevention folks there. Thomas duncan is at a hospital in dallas, texas as you may know by now. His condition worsened this weekend, but now the cdc is saying theyre hoping for his recovery, end quote. Its still not clear what his treatment has entailed, although reportedly he has not been receiving any experimental medications for the virus. Meanwhile the hunt is on for anybody he came in contact with. And now 50 people are being honored for signs of inf
ineffectation. Officials keeping a close eye on some of his family members with whom he was visiting and sharing an apartment and the Health Care Worker who is had very close contact with him. We remind you, there is no other ebola case confirmed anywhere in the america tonight. The cdc is confident the virus will be stopped in its tracks in dallas,