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An active Governance Council with delegates from the United States, Canada, Australia,People innocently packed into the Love Parade 2010 venue just moments before a chaotic outbreak. Arne Müseler/CC BY-SA 3.0

Early Sunday morning on January 27, 2013, the band Gurizada Fandangueira was playing to a packed house at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil. Hundreds of people, including many university students, were dancing to the group’s upbeat country pop music on the last weekend of Brazil’s summer break. The band shot sparkler columns up into the air, a dazzling display that audiences expected at every Gurizada Fandangueira show. But as one of the guitarists was getting ready for the sixth song of the set, he saw embers float down.

Flames quickly engulfed the acoustic foam insulation on the ceiling. Hot ash fell over the band members and dancers and the