What the records say
- When
- 17 Dec 1961
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 22.89° S, 43.13° W
- Description
- 1961 fire disaster in Brazil
Niterói circus fire
1961 fire disaster in Brazil
A fire occurred in the tent housing a sold-out performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano on 17 December 1961 in the city of Niterói, Brazil, caused more than 500 deaths. It is the worst fire disaster to occur in Brazil.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An arson fire at the Niterói circus, kills more than 300 people and becomes the worst fire disaster in Brazilian history”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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