At around 2:40 AM on June 16, 2002, a fire broke out at a two-story internet cafe in Haidian district, Beijing.

Lanjisu ("Blue Speed") internet cafe was an unlicensed two-story establishment located in Haidian, Beijing's university district.

On television news, one of the boys was shown telling investigators "I burned the Lanjisu with gasoline because they would not let us play there.

[4] Song and Zhang purchased 1.8 liters of gasoline from a nearby gas station at 11:00 PM on June 15, a few hours before setting fire to the internet cafe.

His girlfriend Zhang Minmin was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison, and was fined 200,000 yuan.