1980 Saskatoon Queen's Hotel fire

{{Short description|Hotel fire in Saskatoon, Canada}}

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| date = {{Start date|1980|5|31}}

| venue = Queen's Hotel

| location = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

| coordinates = {{Coord|52|7|32.39|N|106|40|0.43|W|type:landmark_region:CA|display=title, inline}}

| type = Fire

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| reported deaths = 2 firefighters

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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{{cite web |url=http://www.cfff.ca/EN/fallen.html?fID=617 |title=Victor James Budz |work=Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation |accessdate=2016-06-01}} and Dennis Aron Guenter.{{cite web |url=http://www.cfff.ca/EN/fallen.html?fID=618 |title=Dennis Aron Guenter |work=Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation |accessdate=2016-06-01}} In 2016, a memorial plaque was unveiled at the site of the fire, now the Scotiabank Theatre.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatoon-firefighters-plan-march-1.3609294 |title=Saskatoon firefighters march to commemorate fatal Queen's Hotel blaze |last=Shield |first=David |publisher=CBC News |date=2016-06-01 |accessdate=2016-06-01}}