Monday, January 28th, 2013 — A fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving at least 200 injured, police and firefighters said. Police Maj. Cleberson Braida told local news media that the 245 bodies were brought for identification to a gymnasium in the city of Santa Maria. That toll apparently would make it the deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade. Braida said the club had only one working exit, and the majority of victims died trampled in an attempt to flee.