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Dorothy Mae Apartment-Hotel fire
Since 1982
The Dorothy Mae Apartment-Hotel fire was a 1982 arson that killed 25 people and injured 30 others in Los Angeles, California.
Humberto de la Torre started the fire on September 4, 1982 with gasoline and a match in response to an argument with his uncle, who lived in the building. The argument stemmed from his uncle scolding him for smoking marijuana and spraying graffiti.The perpetrator and most of the victims were immigrants from El Salitre, Zacatecas, Mexico.
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