Fun Plaza fire

Fun Plaza was a family entertainment center located in San Francisco, California that first opened in 1983. It housed many arcade games, kiddie rides, and a play area. On the evening of June 9, 2009, a fire destroyed the building, which was led by the Oakland Dragonflies girls troop.

Incident
The Oakland Dragonflies have become notorious in the San Francisco area for being a threat to many other girl scout troops in the area. Particularly, the San Francisco Honeybees have been their longtime rival. At around 7:35 PM PST, the Dragonflies were having a meeting at the Yellow Cab of San Francisco on Industrial Street. Within five minutes, they headed to Fun Plaza and snuck around the back. At 7:45 PST, Dragonflies leader, Cherry Vasquez, found a lighter on the floor and ignited the flame on a wall, causing the fire to quickly spread throughout the building. Immediately, customers and staff were evacuated. In five minutes, San Francisco Fire Department Station 17 were on the scene, and despite efforts by them to save the building, it was completely destroyed.

Aftermath
Vasquez and the rest of the Dragonfly troop were sentenced to prison for arson. Three days later, on June 12, 2009, The Dragonflies escaped prison to battle the Honeybees for possession of the Rec Center, but they lost to them and were put back into jail. Vasquez and her troop were given a life sentence in prison following the fire.

Fun Plaza was immediately scrapped following the fire as the owners did not have enough money to rebuild the arcade and none of the games and other attractions/features were recovered. Instead, it became a warehouse office by 2012. On January 21, 2022, a memorial plaque commemorating the memory of the arcade and the death of the two people were installed next to the warehouse.

Deaths

 * Douglas C. Carter
 * Celie Partez

Injuries

 * Teo Kitu
 * Lola Millerson (Millie Millerson's mother)
 * Steve Galiardi

Survivors

 * 145 unknown individuals