What is Dupont Plaza Hotel arson?
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox event | title = Dupont Plaza Hotel arson | image = Dupont Plaza Fire USCG.jpg | caption = ''Dupont Plaza Rescue'' by Phyllis Gottschalk | time = 3:30 p.m.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nist.gov/el/dupont-plaza-hotel-fire-puerto-rico-1986|title=Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Puerto Rico 1986|first=Kristy D.|last=Thompson|date=June 8, 2011|website=Nist.gov|access-date=December 30, 2017}}</ref> | duration = | date = {{Start date|1986|12|31}} | venue = Hotel Dupont Plaza | location = [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] | coordinates = {{coord|18|27|22|N|66|4|13|W|display=title, inline}} | type = Fire | cause = [[Arson]] | participants = | outcome = | reported deaths = 98 | reported injuries = 140 | reported missing = | reported property damage = | arrests = | suspects = | accused = | convicted = Héctor Escudero, Armando Jiménez, and José Rivera | charges = | trial = | verdict = | convictions = | sentence = Jiménez: 75 years in prison<br /> Escudero, Rivera: 99 years in prison }} The '''Dupont Plaza Hotel arson''' was an act of [[arson]] on [[New Year's Eve]] 1986. The fire was set by three former employees of the [[hotel]]. They were involved in a labor dispute with the owners. Ninety-eight people were killed in the fire and by breathing in [[smoke]]. ==Hotel history== The Dupont Plaza opened in 1963 as the [[Puerto Rico]]-Sheraton. It was operated by the [[Sheraton]] hotel company until 1980. That was just before Sheraton put up major fire-safety measures in its hotels.<ref>{{cite news|title=Take this Fire Safety Savvy with You|publisher=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/ne