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1973 MCC New Orleans UpStairs Fire 1
1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-01 at 3.50.34 PM_thumb.png2023-04-01T22:50:55+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Firemen give first aid to survivors of the UpStairs fire, June 25, 1973, in New Orleans. The UpStairs Lounge arson attack occurred on June 24, 1973 at a gay bar called the UpStairs Lounge located on the second floor of the three-story building at 604 Iberville Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States. Thirty-two people died and at least fifteen were injured as a result of fire or smoke inhalation. The official cause is still listed as "undetermined origin". The primary suspect, a gay man with a history of psychiatric impairment named Roger Dale Nunez who had been ejected from the bar earlier in the day, was never charged and killed himself in November 1974. Until the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, i, the UpStairs Lounge arson attack was the deadliest attack on a gay club in U.S. history.plain2023-04-01T22:50:55+00:00June 25, 1973Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49