Brazil fire a warning for Chinese

A fire in a nightclub in Santa Maria, southern Brazil, on Jan 27 claimed the lives of at least 232 people and left more than 100 with various degrees of burns and injuries. The devastating fire in Brazil should serve as a warning for Chinese people to take precautionary measures before setting off fireworks and firecrackers during Spring Festival to avoid accidents, says an article in Chinese Youth Daily. Excerpts:

There are three special lessons to be learned from the Brazil fire. First, nightclub managers in China should exercise extreme caution in the late hours, because the fire in the Santa Maria nightclub, called Kiss, broke out just before dawn when most people were either too drunk or too tired, or both, to sense the impending danger. Also, nightclubs in China should not be open beyond a certain hour. And since extreme joy begets sorrow, we should be particularly cautious during wild celebrations.