Club fire kills 47 revellers

FORTY-SEVEN people were killed and 12 injured after a fire in a Caracas nightclub which had no emergency exits.

Flames quickly surrounded hundreds of revellers packed inside the tiny dance club, triggering a stampede to escape, fire officials said.

Faulty wiring, a kitchen fire or even a carelessly discarded cigarette were all possible causes of the blaze at La Guajira, said fire chief Rodolfo Briceno.