the kiss nightclub fire started between 2:00 and 2:30 (brst) on 27 january 2013 in santa maria, rio grande do sul, brazil, killing 242 people and injuring at least 630 others. it is the second most-devastating fire disaster in the history of brazil—surpassed only by the great north american circus fire of december 1961, which killed 503 people in niterói, and the deadliest nightclub fire since the december 2000 fire that killed 309 people in luoyang, china. it is also the third-deadliest nightclub fire in history, behind the luoyang christmas fire and the cocoanut grove fire in 1942.