Twenty five died in a Bucharest, Romania, nightclub blast and fire late on Friday and at least 88 people were admitted to hospital, government officials said.

"There are 25 deaths so far," Deputy Prime Minister Gabriel Oprea told private television Antena 3 from the scene, where dozens of ambulances and firetrucks rushed to evacuate the injured.

Deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat said the death toll may still climb at the club, which hosted a rock concert attended by up to 400.

"There was a stampede of people running out of the (Colectiv) club," a man who escaped without shoes told Reuters. – Reuters