1st LD Writethru: Fire at Brazilian settlement kills 9

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Nine people were killed after a fire at a settlement belonging to the Landless Workers' Movement in the Brazilian Amazon, firefighters said Sunday.

The blaze at the Land and Liberty camp in the city of Parauapebas, a municipality in the state of Para in the northern region of Brazil, was caused by an explosion that set alight the electrical network running through the settleme