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Back Stories: Happy Land Social Club Fire Left 87 Dead

/ CBS New York

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- In today's Back Story, WCBS reporter Alex Silverman brings us back to March 25, 1990, when Julio Gonzalez set fire to the Happy Land social club in an effort to get revenge on his ex-girlfriend.

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Eighty-seven people were killed in the blaze.

First published on March 24, 2017 / 12:01 AM EDT

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