Blue Bird Café fire
Site of the Blue Bird in 2012, then a parking lot. Since 2018, it is the location of Tom Condos. | |
| Date | September 1, 1972 |
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| Venue | Blue Bird Café |
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Type | Fire |
| Cause | Arson |
| Deaths | 37 |
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| Convicted |
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| Charges | Arson, murder |
| Verdict | Guilty |
| Sentence | Life imprisonment (paroled within a decade) |
The Blue Bird Café fire was a nightclub fire on September 1, 1972, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In all, 37 people were killed as a result of arson.
The fire was the deadliest in Montreal since 1927, when 77 people perished in the Laurier Palace Theatre Fire.