A fire tore through the sleeping quarters of a sprawling training complex of one of Brazil's biggest soccer clubs Friday, killing 10 — among them young athletes — and leaving three other teens injured in Rio de Janeiro, firefighters said. (Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)​"We are distraught," Flamengo President Rodolfo Landim said outside the complex, where friends, fans and neighbors gathered, some forming a circle to pray. Local media reported the fire started in a dorm where youth soccer players sleep. "The kids from the Flamengo youth team were sleeping there at the time," firefighter Douglas Henaut told Globo News. I just spoke to Caix Suarez and he is alive," said Rodrigues, adding that the youth told him he ran when he saw the flames in the morning.

Source: CBC News February 08, 2019 11:11 UTC