Nightclub collapses in Chilean capital, killing 3
Three people have been killed and several others injured in a concert after the building at a nightclub collapsed in downtown Santiago, the capital city of Chile.
Local authorities said on Friday that the number of dead people may increase as some of the wounded suffered life-threatening injuries and were sent to the hospital with serious chest and head wounds, AFP reported.
"There are three deaths so far and there are five wounded," said the director of Santiago Hospital's emergency center, Mario Henriquez.
Initial reports quoted police sources as saying that the building probably collapsed because its maximum capacity was exceeded.
"It is an authorized club," Police Chief Hugo Insulza told reporters, adding, "What happened was that more people were in the club than should have been present," and part of the building structure collapsed.
He insisted that there was no stampede following the incident.
Security forces took more than 200 people off the premises.
"There was a crush of people. Even after the venue reached its full capacity, people kept pushing to get in. That led to the collapse of a containment fence that fell on people inside," an official from the national emergency office, ONEMI, said.
The club's administrator has been arrested pending an investigation.
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