Seattle gay club Neighbours set on fire by suspected arsonist New Year’s Eve
TheSeattleLesbian
About of liter of gasoline was poured over a staircase and lit on fire on New Year’s Eve at Neighbours Nightclub in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Though the fire ended the New Year’s Eve show, performed by drag queen Aleksa Manila, not one of the nearly 700 guests were injured. Everyone was able to evacuate into an alley, many leaving coats and bags inside to retrieve Wednesday.
“Neighbours is one of the symbols of queer nightlife in Seattle,” she said. “To put that much effort and thought into doing something like that, as heinous as that, because somebody could’ve died.” Drag queern Aleksa Manila has been performing at Neighbours for 10 years, and was upset the act of intimidation would damage a bar with such a long history.
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