huge explosion in Toronto this morning

[jakncoke]

YouTube - Toronto propane depot explosion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV5udSWJcZo)

that's just insane.

[rukisuto]

Holy moly.
Is there a story or broadcast on this yet?
I can't imagine how many people are hurt.

[Trunks]

Wow.......that reminds me of cloverfield. The whole time I was watching it I was waiting for something to start flying in the air.

[LiNuX]

wow, hope everybody's alright - i have family in toronto - i know they dont live near any propane depot - but will call them up later and ask what's up

[jakncoke]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a4zt9q0ytaDM&refer=canada

Massive fire at Toronto propane depot forces thousands to flee (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/08/10/propane-fire.html?ref=rss)

Blasts, fireballs at Toronto propane company force evacuations - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/10/toronto.explosion/index.html)


looks like it came at a good time where nothing was busy so just minor injuries.

[Raw!]

There were no fatalaties. It's just the windows were lighting and up and vibrating.

[jakncoke]

There were no fatalaties. It's just the windows blowing out and causing ppl to get shattered glass into them.

fixed for accuracy

[Trunks]

Did they say what caused them to blow up?

[jakncoke]

Did they say what caused them to blow up?

from the looks of it they don't know also...update I pulled from the gaf


firefighter got killed. was in the service for 25 years. Also 18 injured and 1 missing

[Iceskater101]

wow that first explosion was huge!
I would be so freaked out if I was there

[papastiffy]

wow, i heard about this on the news this morning before work, really scary stuff. i would have crapped if i lived there...

[LemonRising]

Oh god I wonder if the 401 is still closed.


Yeah it's pretty freaky though, they said the explosion could be heard for milessssss.

[Hawk]

Geez, thats insane.

[diablo]

oh i saw that on the news the other day, crazy day for them, sad to hear people lost their lives :(

[rukisuto]

oh i saw that on the news the other day, crazy day for them, sad to hear people lost their lives :(

Oh, there were fatalities?
That's horrible.

[LiNuX]

Oh, there were fatalities?
That's horrible.

jak posted this quote:


firefighter got killed. was in the service for 25 years. Also 18 injured and 1 missing

so thats the assumption - dont know his source though

[LemonRising]

No I've heard countless times a fireman died (all over the radio plz). And.. I think one injury, not sure on that though.

[jakncoke]

YouTube - VERY CLOSE - GOOD FOOTAGE - Toronto Propane Depot Explosion - Keele and Wilson 2008 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSTI8oLsfIo)
new vantage point

[rukisuto]

It feels surreal when I see it.
It's like I'm looking at a movie or something.

That view was crazy.. but they didn't seem to capture the second big explosion like the first video.
I was expecting it, but I guess they came after.

[LiNuX]

It feels surreal when I see it.
It's like I'm looking at a movie or something.

That view was crazy.. but they didn't seem to capture the second big explosion like the first video.
I was expecting it, but I guess they came after.

yea i was waiting for that too...wonder how big it looked or how it looked in general up close like that

[rukisuto]

yea i was waiting for that too...wonder how big it looked or how it looked in general up close like that

Yeah, that's what I really wanted to see.

[Trunks]

Hmmm, I still want to know what caused it.

[souljaa]

Sucks that one person died :(..but wow..I wouldn't want to be there, that's huge.