<span style="color: #222222;">A Brazilian Court has sentenced four people to lengthy prison terms over the deaths of 242 club-goers in a fire during a party in 2013. The two owners of the club and two band members were found guilty of murder and attempted murder.<br />''<br />''Elissandro Spohr and Mauro Hoffmann, the nightclub owners, were sentenced to 22 and 19 years in prison respectively. Band members Marcelo de Jesus dos Santos and Luciano Bonilha Leão were given a jail term of 18 years each.<br />''<br />''However, the four were immediately released and will remain free while their lawyers appeal.<br />''<br />''The blaze began when members of a band performing at the Kiss Nightclub, in the southern city of Santa Maria, lit flares which set light to the ceiling. There was a stampede and most of the victims died through smoke inhalation.<br />''<br />''The disaster, one of Brazil's deadliest fires, led to a review of safety regulations in nightclubs and similar venues across the country.</span><br />
News On AIR | December 11, 2021 3:54 PM
Four convicted for Brazil party fire that killed 242