Central Limit Theorem for Triangular Array of independent Bernoulli Variables.

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Let $B_{j,n}$ with $j=0,\ldots,n$ be a triangular array of independent Bernoulli random variables such that

$$ \mathbb{P}\left[B_{j,n}=1\right]=p_n,\quad \mathbb{P}\left[B_{j,n}=0\right]=1-p_n $$

with $p_n$ a sequence such that $p_n\rightarrow p$ when $n\rightarrow\infty$. Consider now the random variable

$$ z_{j,n} = \frac{B_{j,n}-p_n}{B_{j-1,n}-p_n},\quad j=1,\ldots,n. $$ Clearly the $z_{j,n}$ are dependent random variables and

$$ \mu_{j,n}=\mathbb{E}[z_{j,n}\mid B_{j-1,n}] = 0. $$

I am looking for a central limit theorem for

$$ S_n=\frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}\,\sum_{j=1}^nz_{j,n} $$ but being the z's dependent I cannot find a simple result. The paper by Dvoretzky (http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/math/ucb/text/math_s6_v2_article-30.pdf) says that it would be enough that

$$ \sum_{j=1}^n\frac{1}{n}\,\mathbb{E}\left[z_{j,n}^2\mid B_{j-1,n}\right]\stackrel{p}{\longrightarrow} 1,\quad (1) $$ (plus other two conditions that for now I am omitting). Nevertheless using Markov's inequality I am not able to prove (1), any hint? Do someone know a simple result on central limit theorem for triangular arrays of dependent random variables?