Several dead and 11 poisoned as drug clinic goes up in flames with everyone trapped inside

The rogue rehab clinic was operating without a licence and hadn't been inspected by the fire department, leaving patients locked inside with no emergency exit The clandestine clinic was operating without a licence and had no fire exit (Image: CBMDF)

An unlicensed drug addiction rehabilitation centre went up in flames with the patients locked inside, killing five and leaving 11 others poisoned from inhaling smoke. The clandestine rehab clinic, called Instituto Terapêutico Liberte-se, in Paranoán, Brazil, was taking care of 46 recovering drug addicts when it devastatingly caught fire in the early hours of Sunday morning. ‌

It didn't have an operating license, nor did it have minimal provisions of a fire exit or fire extinguishers. According to witnesses, managers cruelly loc