JEANNE MESERVE, CNN ANCHOR: To Mexico City, now, where search teams are looking for more possible victims of a predawn fire that killed and injured scores of people. It broke out at a crowded nightclub. CNN Mexico City bureau chief Harris Whitbeck is on the scene -- Harris.</s>HARRIS WHITBECK, CNN MEXICO CITY BUREAU CHIEF: Jeanne, the civil protection authorities here have revised their numbers. They are now saying that 17 people died in the blaze that started this morning at 5:00 a.m. We understand there's still about 28 people in area hospitals, 12 of those listed in critical condition. As you said, the search continues for more bodies and the authorities are also trying to shore up what is left of the building, because they are concerned that it might collapse. They have said that once it is shored up and the area has been secured, they will probably go ahead and demolish it. Again, that is for safety reasons. Now as far as the questions as to what happened here, the head of the -- the administrative head of the Mexico City borough where this discotheque was located has said that the disco was operating without a license and had been in trouble with the authorities before because they did not have a license to do table dances, which is one of the activities that would take place at this disco. Authorities say about 200 people were taken care of or rescued from the site of the blaze this morning. They also say that some of the bodies that were found were massed near the one front entrance to this building, the doors of which, apparently were stuck, and that's why people were not able to get out. The head of Mexico City borough also said that the disco did not meet the minimum safety requirement, and there have been questions as to whether there were safety exits and whether those exits were actually functional -- Jeanne.</s>MESERVE: Harris Whitbeck in Mexico City, thank you.
Fire in Mexico City Disco Kills 17