Death toll up to 50 in nightclub fire

Tuesday, December 3, 2002

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Investigators recovered three more bodies from the debris of a downtown Caracas nightclub destroyed by a fast-moving fire over the weekend, raising the death toll to 50, officials said Monday.

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