BRAZIL NIGHTCLUB FIRE
![Relatives of one of the victims of the blaze in a disco on the eve cry at the municipal cementery on January 28, 2012 in Santa Maria, southern Brazil. A massive blaze at a nightclub in Brazil killed more than 230 people and left relatives desperately searching for loved ones as horrific accounts emerged of a tragic rush to escape the inferno. AFP PHOTO ANTONIO SCORZAANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images]()
More than 230 people died on Jan. 27 during a fire during a university party in southern Brazil. Police said they think a band’s pyrotechnics show ignited sound insulation on the ceiling, causing the blaze.
Pictured: A victim’s relatives cried at the municipal cemetery on Jan. 28 in Santa Maria, Brazil.
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![Cladimir Callegari, father of Mariana Callegari, one of the victims of a fire at Boate Kiss nightclub cries during her funeral in the southern city of Santa Maria, 187 miles (301 km) west of the state capital Porto Alegre January 28, 2013. The nightclub fire killed at least 232 people in Santa Maria early on Sunday when a band's pyrotechnics show set the building ablaze and fleeing partygoers stampeded toward blocked and overcrowded exits in the ensuing panic, officials said. REUTERS/Edison Vara (BRAZIL - Tags: DISASTER OBITUARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)]()
Cladimir Callegari, father of fire victim Mariana Callegari, cried during her funeral on Jan. 28.
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![Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Vinicius Rosado through a cemetery during his burial in Santa Maria, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. A fast-moving fire roared through the crowded, windowless Kiss nightclub in this southern Brazilian city early Sunday, killing 233 people. Many of the victims were under 20 years old, including some minors. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)]()
Relatives and friends carried the coffin of Vinicius Rosado through a cemetery during his burial in Santa Maria, Brazil, on Jan. 28.
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![Air Force soldiers fire their rifles in homage to Giovani Krauchenberg, one of the victims of the blaze in a disco on the eve, at the municipal cementery on January 28, 2012 in Santa Maria, southern Brazil. A massive blaze at a nightclub in Brazil killed more than 230 people and left relatives desperately searching for loved ones as horrific accounts emerged of a tragic rush to escape the inferno. AFP PHOTO ANTONIO SCORZAANTONIO SCORZA/AFP/Getty Images]()
Air Force members fired their rifles in homage to Giovani Krauchenberg, one of the victims of the disco blaze.
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![The front pages of the main Brazilian newspapers in a newsstand in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 28, 2013 have images and headlines related to the tragedy that occured on the eve in the southern city of Santa Maria, when a blaze in a disco killed 233 youngsters. A massive blaze at a nightclub in Brazil killed more than 230 people and left relatives desperately searching for loved ones as horrific accounts emerged of a tragic rush to escape the inferno. AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDAVANDERLEIALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images]()
The front pages of the main Brazilian newspapers in a newsstand in Rio de Janeiro on Jan. 28 had images and headlines related to the tragedy.
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![A man, who was wounded during a fire at Boate Kiss nightclub, is transferred from a hospital in Santa Maria to receive treatment at Porto Alegre hospital in the southern city of Santa Maria, 187 miles (301 km) west of the state capital Porto Alegre early January 28, 2013. The nightclub fire killed at least 232 people in Santa Maria early on Sunday when a band's pyrotechnics show set the building ablaze and fleeing partygoers stampeded toward blocked and overcrowded exits in the ensuing panic, officials said. REUTERS/Edison Vara (BRAZIL - Tags: DISASTER HEALTH)]()
A man, who was wounded during a fire at Boate Kiss nightclub, was transferred from a hospital in Santa Maria to receive treatment in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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![A crowd stood outside the Kiss nightclub during a fire inside the club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil on Jan. 27. A blaze raced through the crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing 245 people as the air filled with deadly smoke and panicked party-goers stampeded toward the exits, police and witnesses said. It appeared to be the world's deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade.]()
A crowd stood outside a Brazilian nightclub while a fire blazed inside on Jan 27.
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![A handout photo released by the RBS Agency shows firefighters trying to extinguish a fire that broke out at the Kiss nightclub. The fire is believed to have started after a performing band lit fireworks.]()
It was the deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade.
EPA
![Firefighters tried to extinguish a fire at Kiss nightclub. Major Gerson da Rosa Ferreira, who was leading rescue efforts at the scene for the military police saidthe victims died of asphyxiation, or from being trampled, and that there were possibly as many as 500 people inside the club when the fire broke out at about 2:30 a.m.]()
The fire is believed to have started after a performing band lit pyrotechnics
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![Firefighters worked at the Kiss nightclub on Jan. 27 after a fire erupted during a boisterous student party, police said. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff interrupted her visit to Chile in the fire’s aftermarth.]()
The fire erupted during a boisterous student party, police said.
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![People helped a man injured in a fire at a the Kiss nightclub on Jan. 27.]()
People helped an injured man.
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![Police investigators inspect the entrance of the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. Flames raced through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing more than 230 people as panicked partygoers gasped for breath in the smoke-filled air, stampeding toward a single exit partially blocked by those already dead. (AP Photo/Nabor Goulart)]()
Police inspected the entrance of the nightclub after the fire.
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![Relatives of victims of the fire at Boate Kiss nightclub attend a collective wake in the southern city of Santa Maria, 187 miles (301 km) west of the state capital Porto Alegre January 27, 2013. The nightclub fire killed at least 232 people in Santa Maria early on Sunday when a band's pyrotechnics show set the building ablaze and fleeing partygoers stampeded toward blocked and overcrowded exits in the ensuing panic, officials said. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: DISASTER OBITUARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)]()
Relatives of victims attended a collective wake.
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![epa03558993 Relatives of the victims identify the bodies following a fire at the 'Kiss' nightclub in Santa Maria, 286 km from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, early 27 January 2013. According to the latest reports, at least 232 people died and 48 were injured in the Kiss nightclub fire, believed to have started after a performing band lit fireworks. EPA/Neco Varella]()
Victims' bodies were identified at a gymnasium.
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![A man stands around coffins containing the remains of victims after the bodies were identified at a gymnasium in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. A fast-moving fire roared through the crowded, windowless Kiss nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, within seconds filling the space with flames and a thick, toxic smoke that killed more than 230 panicked partygoers who gasped for breath and fought in a stampede to escape.(AP Photo/Felipe Dana)]()
A man stood near coffins containing the remains of victims after the bodies were identified.
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