Plaque to 37 victims of arson attack on Soho club to be unveiled 40 years after tragedy that became a footnote in history
More than 40 years after an arsonist killed 37 people in a largely forgotten attack on a nightclub in central London, family members of the victims will gather on Thursday for the unveiling of a memorial plaque.
Until the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, the attack on Denmark Place on the edge of Soho in 1980 remained the deadliest postwar fire in London. Yet the incident slipped into history with little trace, leaving many family members searching for information and recognition.
