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Death toll from Romanian nightclub fire keeps rising

Protests have been held as the death toll from a nightclub fire in Romania rises to 44.

The fire at the nightclub has left 109 other people in hospital, 48 of them in a serious or critical condition.

A spark during a pyrotechnics show is believed to have ignited foam in the Colectiv basement club in Bucharest during a heavy metal gig.

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At least 25 dead and 88 injured in Bucharest nightclub blast

Twenty five clubbers are dead in a Bucharest nightclub blast

Twenty five clubbers are dead in a Bucharest nightclub blast and at least 88 people have been admitted to hospital, government officials said.

"There are 25 deaths so far," Deputy Prime Minister Gabriel Oprea told private television Antena 3 from the scene, where dozens of ambulances and firetrucks rushed to evacuate the injured.

The explosion was reportedly caused by a firework, according to local media.

Deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat said the death toll may still climb at the club, called Colectiv, which hosted a rock concert attended by up to 400 clubbers.

"There was a stampede of people running out of the club," a man who escaped without shoes told Reuters.

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