Fire disaster in the Kiss nightclub

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The fire disaster in the Kiss nightclub occurred on the night of January 26th to 27th, 2013 at around 2:30 a.m. in the city of Santa Maria in the southernmost state of Brazil , Rio Grande do Sul . 242 people died and more than 600 others were injured, some seriously. After the circus fire of Niterói (1961) with around 500 deaths, the fire is considered to be the second worst fire disaster in the history of Brazil.

Cause of fire and situation in the night club

Location of the night club in Santa Maria
Sketch of the nightclub floor plan

The cause of the fire disaster one at a performance of the band is Gurizada Fandangueira inflamed fireworks suspected. Sparks from a flare had probably set the insulating material of the ceiling of the event room on fire.

The Kiss nightclub is located in the center of the city on Rua dos Andradas 1955. The club's function room had a capacity of 2000 people. According to some Brazilian media, it was only designed for a maximum of 1000 people. According to police, around 900 people were in the nightclub at the time of the accident.

There was only one emergency exit next to the main entrance, and according to eyewitness reports, the security forces were overwhelmed with the situation. An attempt by a security guard to put out the fire is said to have failed because the fire extinguisher used did not work. The security guards did not open the main entrance until they were certain that the fire had broken out. Since it is customary in Brazil to only pay the entrance fee and drinks when leaving clubs and music bars, they feared that visitors might foot the bill. For the same reason, the only exit was also narrowed by iron roulette and bars. The narrowing of the two-meter-wide entrance and exit doors and the iron bars on the outside that made it difficult to escape have contributed to the tragedy. The security permit for the nightclub from the fire department of Santa Maria had expired in August 2012. Further investigations are still pending.

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The victims of the disaster were mostly young students from the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria , as a university party had been held in the nightclub that evening. The fire spread across the ceiling in seconds. In the thick, black and highly toxic smoke, the nightclub-goers lost their bearings, and many were immediately victims of the toxic smoke gases. Numerous visitors were kicked to the ground and lost consciousness. Others died of smoke inhalation in the two toilets .

Reactions

  • The President of Brazil , Dilma Rousseff , broke off her participation in the CELAC - EU conference in Santiago de Chile prematurely due to the disaster .
  • The Prefect of Santa Maria, Cezar Schirmer, announced a mourning of 30 days.
  • The soccer league of the state of Rio Grande Sul decided to pause for a game day.
  • In Brasília , a celebration for the upcoming soccer World Cup planned for January 28th has been canceled.

Web links

Commons : Fire disaster in Kiss nightclub  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Morte de jovem aumenta para 242 número de vítimas de incêndio na boate Kiss. Globo 1, Mundo, May 19, 2013, accessed July 4, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Manifestantes fazem protesto na Câmara de Vereadores de Santa Maria. Globo 1, Bom Dia Brasil, June 27, 2013, accessed July 4, 2013 .
  3. ↑ a b c Fogo teria tomado conta da boate em três minutos. (No longer available online.) Zero Hora, January 27, 2013, archived from the original on January 30, 2013 ; Retrieved January 27, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / zerohora.clicrbs.com.br
  4. ↑ a b c Fire disaster in disco: Brazil is in mourning. In: Spiegel Online , as of: January 28, 2013, 09:04 a.m., accessed on January 28, 2013.
  5. ↑ a b c d e Jule Lutteroth: More than 200 dead in disco fire: "It was like in a horror film". In: Spiegel Online , (with material from the agencies). Status: January 27, 2013 / 4:17 p.m., accessed on January 27, 2013.
  6. ↑ Hell of fire in the discotheque. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Sächsische Zeitung Online , as of January 27, 2013, accessed on January 30, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sz-online.de
  7. ↑ a b c d Jens Glüsing: Disco fire in Brazil: a foreseeable catastrophe. In: Spiegel Online , as of January 28, 2013 / 5:18 p.m., accessed on January 28, 2013.
  8. ↑ Mariana Riscala: Comandante dos Bombeiros diz que alvará since boate que estava pegou fogo vencido. (No longer available online.) Jovempan.uol.com.br, January 27, 2013, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 27, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / jovempan.uol.com.br  
  9. ↑ Festa que acabou em tragédia reunia UNIVERSITARIOS em Santa Maria. Globo 1, Rio Grande do Sul, January 27, 2013, accessed January 27, 2013 .
  10. ↑ Sylvia Colombo: Dilma chora e diz que todos estão juntos com Santa Maria. Folha de São Paulo , January 27, 2013, accessed January 27, 2013 .
  11. ^ Prefeitura de Santa Maria decreta luto oficial de 30 dias após tragédia. Globo 1, Rio Grande do Sul, January 27, 2013, accessed January 27, 2013 .
  12. ↑ Tragédia em boate no Rio Grande do Sul suspende rodada do Estadual. Globoesporte.com.br, January 27, 2013, accessed January 27, 2013 .
  13. ↑ Julio Segador: Brazil in shock after a fire disaster. tagesschau.de, January 28, 2013, archived from the original on January 31, 2013 ; accessed on January 28, 2013 .

Coordinates: 29 ° 41 ′ 3.3 ″  S , 53 ° 48 ′ 25.4 ″  W.