What is Happy Land fire?
The '''Happy Land fire''' was an act of [[mass murder]] and [[arson]]. It took place in the unlicensed Happy Land [[social club]] in [[West Farms, Bronx|West Farms]], [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]], [[United States]] on March 25, 1990. The fire was the deadliest in the United States since a [[Dupont Plaza Hotel arson|fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel]] in 1986. It was the deadliest New York fire since the [[Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire]] in 1911.<ref>{{cite web|title=Worst New York Fire Since 1911|publisher=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/26/nyregion/fire-bronx-87-die-blaze-illegal-club-police-arrest-ejected-patron-worst-new-york.html|access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> Almost 16 months earlier, in November 1988, Happy Land had been ordered to close due to [[building code]] violations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fire in the Bronx|publisher=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/26/nyregion/fire-bronx-happy-land-reopened-flourished-after-being-shut-hazard.html|access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> The building housing Happy Land was torn down within 24 hours of the fire. A [[Cuba]]n, Julio González (1954-2016), was [[criminal conviction|convicted]] of 87 counts of arson and 87 counts of [[murder]]. He was [[sentence (law)|sentenced]] to 25 years to [[life imprisonment|life]]. == References == <references/> <!--[[Category:1990 crimes]]--> [[Category:1990 in the United States]] <!--[[Category:1990s fires]]--> [[Category:1990s in New York City]] [[Category:1990s murders in the United States]] [[Category:Arson]] [[Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in the 1990s]] [[Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in the United States]] [[Category:Attacks on nightclubs]] [[Category:Building and structure fires in the United States]] [[Category:Crime in New York City]] [[Category:Fires in New York (state)]] [[Category:Mass murder in New York (state)]] [[Category:The Bronx]] {{history-stub}} {{US-stub}}