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Fires · 25 March 1990Open article references →
The Happy Land Social Club Fire
Former Happy Land Social Club site · United States
Why editors use it hereAppellate record of the arson, confession, trial, and convictions.
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Early on 25 March 1990, Julio González set gasoline on fire at the only public entrance to the unlicensed Happy Land Social Club in the Bronx after arguing with his former girlfriend, an employee.
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Trigger and conditions
After bouncer Felícita Gallardo ended an argument and ejected him, González bought a dollar's worth of gasoline, returned, poured it at the ground-floor entrance, and ignited it.
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Uncertainty
The ignition, offender, and toll are established through confession, physical evidence, and conviction.
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Why it matters
A small intentionally set fire caused mass death because one stair served a crowded, illegally converted upper floor.
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