Carnival float fire kills four in Brazil

SAO PAULO A fire on a Carnival float has killed four people and injured five in the Brazilian port city of Santos.

A fire department official says the float caught fire shortly after the Sangue Jovem samba school ended its parade at dawn on Tuesday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

He says three of the victims were pushing the float. A woman watching the parade was the fourth. The condition of the five injured was not immediately known.

The official says that witnesses reported the float caught fire after striking a power line.

Santos Mayor Paulo Alexandre Barbosa suspended the event with three more schools left to parade.

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[sheamus1]

SUZIEUE---AND PRAY TELL WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING, A BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH KIDS AND CLOWNS. DUHHHHHHHHHHHHH--IT IS FOR GROWN UPS NOT CHILDREN. NAHHHHHHHH--IT CAN BE QUITGE A MESS. IF YOU THINK GALVESTON WAS BAD, YOU SHOULD SEE THE ONES IN NEW ORLEANS AND THEN THE ONE IN SAINT LOUIS. LIKE----OMG----WHAT A BUNCH OF STOOOOPID REDNECKS THAT THINK OF NOTHING BUT THEMSELVES. AHHHHHHH WELL---------WELCOME TO AMERICA, THE COUNTRY GOING TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET

[lespaws]

there is a reason i would never go to carnival in brasil or to its sister celebrations of mardi gras in the u.s. this is it. too many drunks. too many crimes. often murder. count me out.

[suzieue]

@ LESPAWS TOTALLY AGREE WENT TO MARDI GRAS IN GALVESTON ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO AND 75% OF THE PEOPLE WERE VERY DISGUSTING DRUNKS AND I COULDNT WAT TO LEAVE !!

[suzieue]

@ LESPAWS TOTALLY AGREE WENT TO MARDI GRAS IN GALVESTON ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO AND 75% OF THE PEOPLE WERE VERY DISGUSTING DRUNKS AND I COULDNT WAT TO LEAVE !!