What the records say
- When
- 27 Jan 2013
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 29.68° S, 53.81° W
- Description
- 2013 fire in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Deaths
- 242
- Injured
- 680
Kiss nightclub fire
2013 fire in Santa Maria, Brazil
On 27 January 2013, 242 people were killed and at least 630 others injured in a fire in the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The fire started between 2:00 and 2:30 a.m. (BRST) after a pyrotechnic ignited acoustic foam on the club's ceiling. As the electricity failed, clubgoers were unable to find the building's only exit.
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- Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An estimated 245 people die in a nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei einem Brand in einem Nachtclub kommen im brasilianischen Santa Maria mehr als 230 Menschen ums Leben”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “пожар в ночном клубе «Kiss» в бразильском городе Санта-Мария штата Риу-Гранди-ду-Сул, 236 человек погибли”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el centro de la ciudad brasileña de Santa María (en el estado de Río Grande del Sur), un violento incendio deja 239 muertos y 124 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “圣玛利亚城夜总会火灾”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page