Rio de Janeiro, Feb 8 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed after a fire ripped through a sporting facility belonging to Brazilian football club Flamengo here on Friday, officials said.

The flames took hold in the early hours of the morning in the club's Ninho do Urubu facility, Efe news reported.

According to the Fire Department, the blaze injured three others, two of them seriously.

--IANS soni/