1980 Saskatoon Queen's Hotel fire

On May 31, 1980, there was a fire in the basement of the Queen's Hotel, 1st Avenue South, Saskatoon, 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.

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Coordinates: 52°7′32.39″N 106°40′0.43″W / 52.1256639°N 106.6667861°W / 52.1256639; -106.6667861

Mass casualty hotel fires

Before 1940	Kerns Hotel fire

1940–1969	Knights of Columbus Hostel fire Gulf Hotel fire Winecoff Hotel fire Hotel Roosevelt fire

1970–1979	Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd fire Worsley Hotel fire Hotel Polen fire 1978 Holiday Inn fire Hotel Corona de Aragón fire Savoy Hotel fire

1980–1989	1980 Saskatoon Queen's Hotel fire Central Hotel Fire, Bundoran MGM Grand fire Dupont Plaza Hotel arson Downunder Hostel fire

1990–1999	Pension de Vogel homeless hostel fire Switel Hotel fire

2000–2009	Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire Penhallow Hotel fire Kamień Pomorski homeless hostel fire

Notes	See also: History of hotel fires in the United States