Venue Queen's Hotel Date 31 May 1980 Total number of deaths 2 | Type Fire Location Saskatoon, Canada Location Saskatoon | |
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Similar Gulf Hotel fire, Central Hotel Fire - Bundoran, Hotel Roosevelt fire, Knights of Columbus Hostel fire, Penhallow Hotel fire | ||
The Saskatoon Queen's Hotel fire was a structure fire that occurred on May 31, 1980, in the basement of the Queen's Hotel, 1st Avenue South, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. For the first time in Saskatoon's history, two firefighters were killed while attempting to extinguish the flames; Victor James Budz and Dennis Aron Guenter. In 2016, A memorial plaque was unveiled at the site of the fire, now the Scotiabank Theatre.
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