page_title: Blue Bird Café fire
section_title: Aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: Blue Bird Café fire / Aftermath
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Plaque de granite posée au square Phillips à Montréal&#160;: À la mémoire des 37 victimes de l'incendie du bar le Blue Bird - Wagon Wheel situé rue Union, le 1e septembre 1972English: In memory of the 37 victims of the fire at the Blue Bird - Wagon Wheel Bar located on avenue Union, on september 1, 1972
context_page_description: 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 worst in Montreal since 1927, when 77 people perished in the Laurier Palace Theatre Fire.
context_section_description: At 3:30 a.m. Eccles was arrested and a manhunt was on for Boutin and O'Brien. They were arrested in Vancouver, British Columbia two weeks later.
  
  In the aftermath of the fire, regulations throughout Canada were strengthened to provide for more avenues of escape.  Two of the three defendants were convicted of second-degree murder, the third manslaughter. All three were paroled within a decade of their convictions. Owing to the blocked fire exit, a lawyer for the victims' families proposed a $9 million civil lawsuit against the Montreal fire department, bar owner Leopold Paré, and the building's owner, with the defence led by Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau.  The families eventually accepted a much lower settlement offer of $1,000 to $3,000 per victim.
  On August 31, 2012, a memorial was unveiled by the city of Montreal to mark the 40th anniversary. A mass was held as well as a march by families of the victims along with a photo exhibit at city hall, with a vigil on September 1.
caption: Memorial on Phillips Square
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