Buenos Aires: At least 169 people died and hundreds were injured in a fire at a Buenos Aires discotheque, Argentine Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez said today. The official stressed that the new death toll was provisional and had not been confirmed yet. Earlier, Buenos Aires Mayor Anibal Ibarra said at least 88 had died in the blaze and 260 had been injured. "This is a terrible night," Ibarra said in an interview with Todo Noticias television channel. He also stressed that the death toll was a "provisional figure." Bodies were lined up outside the Cro-Magnon Republic club in downtown Buenos Aires as firefighters attempted to put out the blaze, which broke out close to midnight yesterday. Approximately 1,500 young people were inside the disco hearing a concert by the rock group Los Callejeros, police said. Witnesses said the fire may have been started by a pyrotechnical display during the concert. Young people helped the injured until dozens of ambulances arrived and headed off to three city hospitals. Unconfirmed reports said the fire started when fireworks were tossed around.
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