sao paulo fire

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More than 220 people were killed in the fire which destroyed the Capital Building on February 4th,1974.The building was finished only a few months before the fire;it was Sao Paulo's newest building.All 25 floors of the office buiding were completely destroyed.The fire also destroyed cars which belonged to people who worked in the building. Over 500 people were working in the building when the fire broke out on the 11th floor.No one knows how the fire started.Office workers tried to put out and it was impossible for people on the floors above to escape.