The St Lawrence Burns were a series of deliberate fires in the soon-to-be-demolished village of Aultsville, Ontario, which was due to be flooded to make way for the St Lawrence Seaway. The results changed the way buildings are constructed around the world, and saved lives.
SOURCES:
Setting Fires for Science (1958): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJNcoxRk7Sk
Background for the Spatial Separation and Exposure Protection Requirements of the National Building Code of Canada (1985):
http://nparc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/view/fulltext/?id=dd7e2811-5bc0-4bc8-99b4-97701100eaaa
The St. Lawrence burns (June 1960):
http://nparc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/view/accepted/?id=4f561fea-c5bc-40ff-ba4c-b4982ddec2dd
St Lawrence Burns – Radiant Temperature of Openings by D. G. Stephenson (December 1959)
http://web.mit.edu/parmstr/Public/NRCan/ir156.pdf
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