A fire broke out at the training centre used by Rio de Janeiro football club Bangu on Monday.

Bangu, one of the oldest and most traditional clubs in Rio, were training at a military athletics centre when the blaze started after lunch.

The fire was quickly brought under control but two players were taken to hospital suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation, the military said.

Bangu could not be reached for comment about the blaze, which TV Globo said may have started in an air conditioning unit.

The incident occurred three days after 10 Flamengo youth players died and three others were injured when their lodgings caught fire.

One of the three boys injured in the fire was released from the hospital on Monday but two others are still under observation, one of them in serious but stable condition.

And the incident happens three days before in Flamengo don't have permission to build the temporary lodging in the training centre that caught fire, although the club denied there was any relation between their ignoring the warnings issued by the city government and the fire itself.

TV Globo said Flamengo had lacked permits for other parts of the centre for more than a year.

Prosecutors met with Flamengo directors on Monday and said the club had promised to negotiate settlements with the bereaved families of the 10 boys and also to make sure they had all the necessary permits in order.