Contemporary era · 2013
Kiss nightclub fire
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.
- When
- 27 Jan 2013
- Where
- Centro, Santa Maria
- Era
- Contemporary
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Text from the Wikipedia article Kiss nightclub fire, CC BY-SA 4.0