Sunday’s horrific Bronx blaze that killed 19 people was the city’s deadliest fire in nearly 32 years — since 87 people perished in March 1990 in the Happy Land social-club arson attack.
Nine children were among Sunday’s dead, part of a tragic pattern in recent years.
New York City has repeatedly seen children killed in apartment fires, often from the same family. The tragedies turn parents of eight into parents of one and leave family members, neighbors and city officials desperate for answers.
March 25, 1990: 87 people die at the Happy Land social club in The Bronx
Spurned beau Julio Gonzalez used gasoline and two
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