The Xuxa Park Fire refers to a flash fire that erupted on a Brazilian TV soundstage in Rio de Janeiro during a 2001 taping of the children's television show Xuxa Park. The incident is noteworthy for having been captured on videotape, for the press coverage that followed, and for accusations about the fire made by some detractors of the show's host.
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Famous quotes containing the words park and/or fire:
“Therefore awake! make haste, I say,
And let us, without staying,
All in our gowns of green so gay
Into the Park a-maying!”
—Unknown. Sister, Awake! (L. 9–12)
“When did your sparkle turn to fire and your warmth become desire?”
—Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)