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| Bucharest nightclub fire: 'At least 25 killed' | |
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| At least 25 people have been killed in an explosion and fire at a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest, according to government and health officials. | |
| Romanian media said the blast happened at the Colectiv club on Friday night, and a large fire broke out. | |
| The death toll was confirmed by Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea and Health Secretary Raed Arafat. | |
| Mr Arafat said another 88 people were injured and were now being treated. | |
| Reports in some Romanian news outlets said fireworks may have been let off inside the club. | |
| Reuters said up to 400 may have been inside the club, which was hosting a rock concert. | |
| "There was a stampede of people running out of the club," one man who escaped without shoes told Reuters. | |
| Romania's President Klaus Iohannis wrote on his Facebook page that he was "deeply grieved by the tragic events that happened this evening in downtown." | |
| He added: "It is a very sad day for all of us, for our nation and for me personally." |