At the root of the unimaginable tragedy in Brazil — in which 234 people died and at least 120 others were hospitalized in a fire at a nightclub called Kiss — is wanton carelessness for others. According to police in Brazil, the fire was ignited by flares that were intended for outdoor use. Why did Gurizada Fandangueira, the band playing that night, set off those flares inside the club? Because they were cheap.

One of the many university students who perished in Sunday's horrific nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil, managed to post one last Facebook status update asking her friends for help, before succumbing to the inferno.

Brazilian authorities have arrested three people with ties to the nightclub fire that killed at least 233 people yesterday. They are one of the club's co-owners, the chief of security and a member of the band Gurizada Fandangueira, which was performing when the fire broke out. Police are also apparently searching for Kiss nightclub's other owner as well.

Officials say at least 232 people died in a nightclub fire overnight in Brazil, and that number is expected to climb. More »

One of the reasons this morning's fire at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria was so deadly is because the front door was locked at the time the fire broke out, according to Brazilian newspaper Journal O Globo

More than 200 people, most of them college-aged, are dead following a fire at a nightclub called Kiss in Brazil.

Officials say at least 232 people died in a nightclub fire overnight in Brazil, and that number is expected to climb.