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April 8, 2025 39 mins

The Fire at the Dupont Plaza Hotel | Marks Unexplained World Podcast (Ep. 143)

On New Year's Eve, December 31, 1986, three disgruntled employees at the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, intentionally set a fire.

The fire killed between 96 and 98 people and injured 140 others, making it the most catastrophic hotel fire in Puerto Rican history and the second deadliest hotel fire in U.S. territory in history. 

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