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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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Emergency services attend Bucharest nightclub blast

Emergency services attended the scene following a blast at a Romanian nightclub Credit: Reuters

Police and medical crews rushed to the scene following a blast at a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest.

TV footage showed police officers and paramedics trying to resuscitate young people lying on the pavement, while sirens wailed as more ambulances deployed to the scene.

Reuters reported a witness as saying there had been fireworks inside the club and that a pillar and the club ceiling caught fire before the explosion occurred.

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