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Fire breaks out at Rio de Janeiro Olympic Park

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RIO DE JANEIRO, April 8 (Reuters) – Around 60 firefighters were battling a fire at the Velodrome in Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Park early on Wednesday, the state’s military fire department wrote on X.

Fire crews were called to the scene at 4:17 a.m. local time, and no injuries have been reported so far, the authorities added.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Isabel Teles; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.

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