The number of people killed by a fire at an exclusive Peruvian disco rose to 28 as families began burying the young men and women, many of whom came from leading families.

AT least 25 people died and 100 were injured in the early hours of yesterday morning in a blaze started by bartenders who were doing tricks with fire at an unlicensed Lima nightclub.

A fire at a disco in a Peruvian shopping mall has left at least 23 people dead.