At least 245 people have been killed in a fire that swept through the Kiss Nightclub in the Southern Brazilian Town of Santa Maria on Sunday Jan 27,2013.
The fire reportedly started after a member of a band playing at the Kiss nightclub lit a flare on stage.
Authorities say most of the victims were students who died of smoke inhalation.
Brazil has declared 3 days of National Mourning for 231 people killed in the Nightclub fire in the Southern City of Santa Maria.Authorities have released the names of the victims, after revising down the death toll from 245.
A large number of victims were trapped in the club's toilets, they said, possibly after mistaking them for an exit.
In Santa Maria, 30 days of mourning were declared.
Also Brazil postponed a ceremony due on Monday Jan 28,2013 in the capital, Brasilia, to mark 500 days to the 2014 football World Cup.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, right, consoles relatives of victims of the fire
Other Nightclub Fires
- 2009: Santika Club, Bangkok, Thailand - sparked by fireworks; 66 killed
- 2009: Lame Horse Club, Perm, Russia - sparked by fireworks; 150 killed
- 2004: Cromagnon Republic Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina - flare starts fire which kills 194
- 2003: The Station, Rhode Island, US - sparked by fireworks; 100 killed
- 2000: Luoyang dance hall fire, China - fire blamed on welders kills 309
- 1996: Ozone Disco Club, Quezon City, Philippines - 160 killed
- 1990: Happy Land, New York, US - arson kills 89 at unlicensed club
- 1977: Beverly Hills Supper Club, Southgate, Kentucky - 165 killed
- 1970: Club 5-7, Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France - 146 killed;
- 1942: Cocoanut Grove, Boston, US - 492 killed
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