Death toll rises to 35 in Romanian nightclub fire

Authorities say three more people have died of their injuries a week after a fire broke out in a Bucharest nightclub, bringing the number of deaths in the tragedy to 35.
Raed Arafat, an emergency situations official, said today that two people had died at the state burns hospital, while the manager at University Hospital, Catalan Cirstoiu, said a man there died of his injuries today.
About 100 other people still remain hospitalised from the October 30 blaze that erupted at the Colectiv basement nightclub during a heavy-metal concert. Panicked people fled for the sole exit in a stampede.
Late yesterday, several thousand protesters gathered in Bucharest for the fourth consecutive evening, waving Romanian flags and calling for better governance and an end to corruption.