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Blue Bird Café fire, the Glossary

The Blue Bird Café fire was a nightclub fire on September 1, 1972, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[1]

Arson

Arson is the act of willfully and deliberately setting fire to or charring property.

Boroughs of Montreal

The city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada is divided into 19 boroughs (in French, arrondissements), each with a mayor and council.

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Building code

A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for construction objects such as buildings and non-building structures.

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Canadian dollar

The Canadian dollar (symbol: $; code: CAD; dollar canadien) is the currency of Canada.

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Denmark Place fire

The Denmark Place fire occurred on 16 August 1980 at 18 Denmark Place in Central London. Blue Bird Café fire and Denmark Place fire are Attacks on nightclubs and nightclub fires.

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Disasters of the Century

Disasters of the Century is a documentary television series that airs on History Television.

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Fire

Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.

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Fire escape

A fire escape is a special kind of emergency exit, usually mounted to the outside of a building—occasionally inside, but separate from the main areas of the building.

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Fire safety

Fire safety is the set of practices intended to reduce destruction caused by fire.

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The Happy Land fire was an act of arson that killed 87 people on March 25, 1990, in the Bronx in New York City, United States. Blue Bird Café fire and Happy Land fire are fire disasters involving barricaded escape routes.

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History (Canadian TV channel)

The History Channel (also known as History) is a Canadian English-language discretionary specialty channel that primarily broadcasts programming related to history and historical fiction.

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Jean Drapeau

Jean Drapeau (18 February 1916 – 12 August 1999) was a Canadian politician who served as mayor of Montreal for 2 non-consecutive terms from 1954 to 1957 and from 1960 to 1986.

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Knights of Columbus Hostel fire

The Knights of Columbus Hostel fire was a structure fire that occurred on December 12, 1942, in St. John's, Newfoundland in a hostel operated by the Knights of Columbus, a Roman Catholic fraternal organization. Blue Bird Café fire and Knights of Columbus Hostel fire are 20th-century fires in Canada and fire disasters involving barricaded escape routes.

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L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire

The L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire took place around 12:35 a.m. on January 23, 2014, at the Résidence du Havre nursing home in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec, Canada, killing 32 people and injuring 15.

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Laurier Palace Theatre fire

The Laurier Palace Theatre fire, sometimes known as the Saddest fire or the Laurier Palace Theatre crush, occurred in a movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, on January 9, 1927, killing 78 people. Blue Bird Café fire and Laurier Palace Theatre fire are 20th-century fires in Canada, building and structure fires in Montreal and fire disasters involving barricaded escape routes.

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Lawsuit

A lawsuit is a proceeding by one or more parties (the plaintiff or claimant) against one or more parties (the defendant) in a civil court of law.

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List of fires in Canada

This is a list of fires in Canada.

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Manitoba

Manitoba is a province of Canada at the longitudinal centre of the country.

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Molotov cocktail

A Molotov cocktail (among several other names – see) is a hand-thrown incendiary weapon consisting of a frangible container filled with flammable substances and equipped with a fuse (typically a glass bottle filled with flammable liquids sealed with a cloth wick).

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Montreal Mirror

Montreal Mirror or just Mirror was a free English language alternative newsweekly based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was distributed every Thursday.

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Nightclub

A nightclub is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment.

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Phillips Square

Phillips Square is a public square located in Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Quebecor

Quebecor Inc. is a Canadian diversified media and telecommunications company serving Québec based in Montreal.

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Self-contained breathing apparatus

A self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) is a respirator worn to provide an autonomous supply of breathable gas in an atmosphere that is immediately dangerous to life or health from a gas cylinder.

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Service de police de la Ville de Montréal

The; SPVM) is the municipal police agency for the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the neighbouring communities in the urban agglomeration of Montreal. With over 4,500 officers and more than 1,300 civilian staff, it is the second-largest municipal police agency in Canada after the Toronto Police Service.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Bird_Café_fire

Blue Bird Café fire, the Glossary

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See also

1970s fires in North America

1970s in Montreal

1972 fires

1972 in Quebec

1972 murders in Canada

20th-century fires in Canada

20th-century mass murder in Canada

Arson in Canada

Arson in the 1970s

Attacks on bars in North America

Attacks on buildings and structures in 1972

Attacks on buildings and structures in Canada

Attacks on coffeehouses and cafés in North America

Attacks on nightclubs

Building and structure fires in Montreal

Crime in Montreal

Mass murder in 1972

Nightclub fires

Nightclubs in Montreal

September 1972 events in Canada

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