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08/10/2008 09:21:08 AM · #1 |
Huge propane explosion in Toronto.
The story.
Message edited by author 2008-08-10 09:21:56. |
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08/10/2008 09:25:25 AM · #2 |
I have to agree with the guy filming:
"Oh My GOD!"
that is a huge explosion :( |
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08/10/2008 09:41:24 AM · #3 |
Woah big one.
Louis, you near that spot?
That was one heck of an explosion. A mushroom cloud in Canada!!!
Message edited by author 2008-08-10 09:41:40.
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08/10/2008 09:53:24 AM · #4 |
| Yikes. This is the first I am hearing of it. I live about 35km from there. Hopefully everyone is okay. |
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08/10/2008 09:58:19 AM · #5 |
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08/10/2008 10:11:26 AM · #6 |
From the linked article (emphasis added):
"Thousand of residents have been evacuated from homes and businesses while a section of Canada's busiest highway has been closed following a series of massive explosions in a suburban Toronto neighbourhood early Sunday."
This facility was located in a residential area?! |
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08/10/2008 10:50:39 AM · #7 |
A propane facility exploded in the northwest of the city, far from the downtown core.
Here's the intersection at Google Maps. Here's a zoomed-out view of Toronto for comparison. Don't blame Slippy -- he (and I) work closer to the area where the name "Toronto" is seen on that map. Though I suppose he could drive up there.
It's pretty serious, but the Star says this: "OâHallarn said since the fire started, only one person has been transported to hospital, with a sprained ankle."
But: "Eyewitness accounts say explosions were so powerful that windows were knocked out, framed photographs hanging on peopleâs walls have been broken and there are reports of cars on fire." |
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08/10/2008 10:53:22 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Jac:
Louis, you near that spot? |
No, I live in the city of Burlington, about seventy kilometres west of the downtown core. I work in the business district of the core, about fifteen kilometres south of there. Thanks for asking though. ;-)
Message edited by author 2008-08-10 10:54:24. |
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08/10/2008 10:58:03 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
From the linked article (emphasis added):
"Thousand of residents have been evacuated from homes and businesses while a section of Canada's busiest highway has been closed following a series of massive explosions in a suburban Toronto neighbourhood early Sunday."
This facility was located in a residential area?! |
"Suburban" does not mean "residential".... Many suburban areas are industrial.
R.
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08/10/2008 11:03:32 AM · #10 |
| It woke up my better half I tought it was thunder. I am about 10k away. |
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08/10/2008 11:04:09 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
This facility was located in a residential area?! |
It's a propane distributor, not a refinement plant or something like that. The area is also residential. |
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08/10/2008 12:45:28 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by glad2badad:
From the linked article (emphasis added):
"Thousand of residents have been evacuated from homes and businesses while a section of Canada's busiest highway has been closed following a series of massive explosions in a suburban Toronto neighbourhood early Sunday."
This facility was located in a residential area?! |
"Suburban" does not mean "residential".... Many suburban areas are industrial.
R. |
Hmmm...I've frequently heard "suburban" to mean an area populated by people. "The city is losing population to the suburbs...", or, "Yep, I'm a suburbanite now...". I hadn't heard "industrial" and "suburban" used together before. |
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08/10/2008 01:13:06 PM · #13 |
| I thought my dog was having a seizure at first, banging against walls. It was pretty freaky. |
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08/10/2008 01:47:13 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by LanndonKane:
I thought my dog was having a seizure at first, banging against walls. It was pretty freaky. |
so? what happened next? what did he/she do? |
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08/10/2008 02:24:10 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by LanndonKane:
I thought my dog was having a seizure at first, banging against walls. It was pretty freaky. |
"Location: You wish you knew."
LOL. Every time a dog bangs against the walls, a wish comes true. You just divulged your location;)
Hope your dog is OK. Could you hear the explosions? |
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08/10/2008 02:30:26 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by rox_rox:
Originally posted by LanndonKane:
I thought my dog was having a seizure at first, banging against walls. It was pretty freaky. |
"Location: You wish you knew."
LOL. Every time a dog bangs against the walls, a wish comes true. You just divulged your location;)
Hope your dog is OK. Could you hear the explosions? |
Oh yeah, loud! The first one woke me up, it was loud but I thought it was a dream. Then I kept hearing these thumps that sounded like they were coming from the basement, which is where my dog sleeps. After a while I heard police sirens and realized it was from outside. I live 15 km away from this station, but that first bang was strong enough to shake my house. |
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08/10/2008 02:30:45 PM · #17 |
| i just saw this on the news. glad there weren't too many people hurt. just 1 not accounted for right? |
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08/10/2008 04:32:52 PM · #18 |
One Firefighter died putting out the flames.
Pictures here. |
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08/10/2008 04:53:11 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by doctornick:
I blame  strikeslip
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Just tried to light up a smoke, eh, and BOOM! What a hangover!
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08/10/2008 06:00:52 PM · #20 |
I guess the Canadians wanted to show the Chinese who's their daddy in doing fireworks....
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08/10/2008 07:22:34 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
This facility was located in a residential area?! |
From the Star:
The Technical Standards and Safety Authority has sent two propane experts to the scene at the request of the Ontario Fire Marshalâs office, which is investigating the explosion.
As officers of the court, they have the power to make arrests in the case of infractions of TSSA regulations.
âWhy would they allow a propane company to open up in a residential area?â said Fernando Caschera, 56. âI donât understand.â
Sunrise, open around the clock as a propane dealer, âshould never have been there in the first place,â said Merv Mostoway, 73.
âIt was only a matter of time â I knew one day something stupid would happen.â |
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08/10/2008 09:31:08 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by Louis:
Sunrise, open around the clock as a propane dealer, |
Mmmm.... 24x7 ribs!
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