New Orleans Fire Department Report

ID: 1975

This file appears in: Upstairs Lounge Arson, 1973: Aftermath

NOFD report depicted the locations of each victim.

Courtesy of Louisiana Division/City Archives, New Orleans Public Library.

This file appears in: Upstairs Lounge Arson, 1973: Aftermath

Upstairs Lounge Arson, 1973: Aftermath

By Jennifer Conerly, Drue Hardegree, Charlotte Willcox, ed. & August Darbonne, ed.

Thirty-two people died in the Upstairs Lounge Fire, making it the deadliest fire in the history of New Orleans. In the fire’s aftermath, many New Orleans residents revealed prejudice against LGBT…