A crowd stands outside the Kiss nightclub during a fire inside the club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil on Sunday. A blaze raced through the crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing 232 people as the air filled with deadly smoke and panicked party-goers stampeded toward the exits, police and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Roger Shlossmacker)

Firefighters work to douse a fire at the Kiss Club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil on Sunday. Officials say the fire broke out at the club while a band was performing. (AP Photo/Agencia RBS)

A man carries an injured man, victim of a fire at the Kiss club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, early Sunday. Firefighters say that the death toll from a fire that swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil has risen to 232. At least 200 other people have been injured. (AP Photo/Agencia RBS)