What is Denmark Place fire?
The '''Denmark Place fire''' was an [[arson]] attack on 16 August 1980 in Denmark Place, [[Central London]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=E>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/591917/Denmark-Place-fire-London-s-worst-blaze-killed-37-so-why-has-it-been-forgotten Denmark Place fire]</ref> Petty [[criminal]] John Thompson (1938-2008) was a [[customer]] at a [[nightclub]]. He argued with a [[bartender]] because he believed he had been [[overcharge]]d for a drink there. Thompson was ejected. He returned later that night with [[petrol]] and paper, which he used to deliberately set [[fire]] to the building, killing 37 people. In May 1981, Thompson was [[convicted]] of [[murder]] and [[sentence (law)|sentenced]] to [[life imprisonment]]. He was kept in [[prison]] until he died. == References == <references/> {{Europe-stub}} {{hist-stub}} <!--[[Category:1980 crimes]] [[Category:1980 disasters]]--> [[Category:1980 in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1980s disasters in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1980s fires]] [[Category:1980s murders in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Arson in Europe]] [[Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in London]] [[Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in the 1980s]] [[Category:1980 events]] [[Category:Building and structure fires in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Fires in London]] [[Category:Mass murder in London]] [[Category:Mass murder in the 1980s]] [[Category:August events]]