The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UpStairs_Lounge_arson_attack" id="mwAUU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="UpStairs Lounge arson attack">UpStairs Lounge arson attack</a> takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141 Chartres Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Thirty-two people die as a result of fire or smoke inhalation.