More than 2,000 people were reveling away at Kiss Nightclub in Santa Maria on Sunday when tragedy struck.
It was around 2:30am when the band Gurizada Fandangueira prepared for its usual fireworks show. A flag was lit by one of the band members as an attention-getter however it sparked a fire that erupted all the way to the ceiling causing the building, the “Kiss” nightclub to become a blazing inferno. The 2,000 revelers, band members, and club staff were caught completely unawares and massive panic followed. The death toll early Sunday was confirmed at 233, downgared from earlier reports of 245. 127 people are officially recorded as injured, some …. Read Article
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On January 27, 2013, O Estado de São Paulo reported that a fire at a nightclub in Santa Maria, in the center of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, left 232 people dead. It already is considered one of the worst tragedies in the history of the state. According to security in the nightclub, […]
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Published on Jan 27, 2013 Video footage shows rescue workers and bystanders pulling people out of a smoke-filled nightclub in a blaze that killed more than 200 people. . Report by Lauren Hood. ——————————————————————– ———————————————————————- ————————————————————————–
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