13 October 2009

1,000 Lose Homes In Sao Paulo Favela Fire.

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About 1,000 people lost their homes and four were overcome by smoke inhalation after a fire in a favela in Sao Paulo. Some 350 families lost their dwellings in less than three hours as the fire destroyed the wooden structures. The blaze started late Sunday afternoon and needed some 70 firefighters to contain it.