Thousands of Argentines have taken to the streets for the third consecutive day, demanding the resignation of city officials they blame for corrupt and slipshod fire safety inspections that paved the way for a nightclub fire that killed 183 people.

Locked doors at a Buenos Aires nightclub – some padlocked, others tied shut with wire – blocked or slowed the escape of many concert fans who fought to escape a fire that killed 175 people and injured hundreds, survivors and officials said.

Three key Cabinet ministers have resigned in protest at a new austerity plan aimed at lifting Argentina out of a nearly three-year recession.