Bodies of victims from the Dec. 30 Buenos Aires disco fire are lined to be transferred to a local morgue.

Investigators believe the fire started when someone set off a flare that ignited the foam ceiling, and that the victims had trouble escaping because the emergency exits were reportedly locked and the building was overcrowded.

About 4,000 people, mostly teenagers, were inside the club for a concert by Argentine rock band Los Callejeros when the fire broke out. The building has a capacity for only 1,500 people.

Although most of the victims were teenagers, some were children and babies because the club allowed a makeshift child-care center to operate in the women's bathroom, witnesses told police.

The Japan Times Weekly: Jan. 8, 2005
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