"On the 31st of December, 1986, patrons gambling in the casino of the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico noticed a light haze of smoke in the air..."
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Background
03:21 - The Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire
08:03 - The Investigation
MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
► "Underworld" by Myuu
SOURCES:
► “Three in Teamsters Union Charged in Hotel Fire” published by the LA Times, February 1988. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-04-mn-40533-story.html
► “Dupont Plaza Fire Survivors Still Trying to Come to Terms with Tragedy” by Joan Mower, published by the LA Times, March 1987. Link: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-08-mn-13410-story.html
► “An Engineering analysis of the early stages of fire development – The Fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel and Casino” by Harold E Nelson, published by the NIST, May 1987. Available via: https://www.nist.gov/publications/engineering-analysis-early-stages-fire-development-fire-dupont-plaza-hotel-and-casino
► “Three sentenced in San Juan Hotel Fire That Killed 97” published by The Washington Post, June 1987. Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/06/23/three-sentenced-in-san-juan-hotel-fire-that-killed-97/ccdcf3af-f847-4551-ae87-b4f57cd57354/
► “Governor Praises heros of Dupont Plaza fire” by Irene Garzon Fernandez, published by UPI, January 1987. Link: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/01/16/Governor-praises-heros-of-Dupont-Plaza-fire/2160537771600/
► “Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire: San Juan, Puerto Rico – December 31, 1986” by Thomas J Klem, published by the National Fire Protection Association. Available via: https://archive.org/stream/dupontplazahotelfiresanjuanpuertorice-december311986/fisanjuan_djvu.txt
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