Concrete dust and smokespread across the street in the early evening hours, causing passers by to run for their lives as the largest of the three buildings, a 20 story commercial tower called Edificio Liberdade (The Liberty Building), imploded right outside the famous Municipal Theater in downtown Rio.
Jurors were shown photographs and a short video detailing how the lethal fire spread with thick smoke pouring from the top of the building and the internal corridor filled with smoke.