Happy Land Fire Floor Plan

Happy land social club after the fire.

Happy land fire floor plan.

The 87 victims were trapped in the unlicensed happy land social club located at 1959 southern boulevard in the west farms section of the bronx in new york city most of the victims were young hondurans celebrating carnival many of them part of the garifuna american community. In the early morning hours of march 25 1990 a fire at the happy land social club in the bronx new york took the lives of 87 people. Analysis of the happyland social club fire with hazard i by richard w. The fire department of new york requested the assistance of nist in understanding the factors which contributed to this high death toll and to develop a strategy that might reduce the risk of a similar occurrence in.

Nfpa journal january february 2013 i ll be back with those words julio gonzalez sealed the fate of 87 patrons of the happy land social club. Happy land fire arson and fire investigation chapter 4 figure 4 1. The happy land social club fire a disgruntled patron makes good on a threat and starts a deadly blaze that shocked new york. Spetzler building and fire research laboratory nist gaithersburg md 20899 background in the early morning hours of march 25 1990 a tragic fire took the lives of 87 persons at a neighborhood club in the bronx new york.

87 people at the club died that day. The arrest of julio gonzalez. Ap photo figure 4 2. Happyland social club fire new york 1990.

Ap photo 50894 04 ch04 p104 131 rev 2 indd 104 08 09 10 2 32 pm. The happy land fire was an act of arson that killed 87 people on march 25 1990.