Massive propane explosion in NW Toronto

[malaise]

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/475696
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At least two rail line tankers, each potentially containing 220,000 litres of propane, are being cooled by firefighters in feverish efforts to thwart another masssive explosion, like the ones that jarred thousands from slumber early this morning in Toronto.

Thousands of people have been evacuated and an entire section of the city's northwest end has been completely shut down as emergency officials continue to fight a major fire at a propane distributor in the Wilson Ave. and Keele St. area, caused by a series of explosions just before 4 a.m. this morning.

[zanne]

1. It's things like this that make me nervous about nuclear power. nt

[arthritisR_US]

3. me too...n/t

[SidDithers]

6. Things like this make me nervous about propane storage depots...

wtf do they have to do with nuclear power?

Sid

[TahitiNut]

13. Just wait until a LNG Carrier blows in some harbor.

These tankers have enough LNG to take out everything for miles around.

[PDJane]

2. There are two injuries, one missing........

I live in downtown Toronto, and the blast woke me up early this morning...sirens everywhere. Please note, that's about .......um....30 miles or so from me!

[malaise]

4. Stay safe

:grouphug:

[SidDithers]

5. Short Youtube of one of the bigger blasts here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsm7yQLW3Fo

Sid

[malaise]

7. Wow

What's amazing is how few people were injured. Thankfully this happened at 4.00am.

[SidDithers]

8. It didn't wake us up, we're about 50km away...

but it's all over the news this morning.

Sid

[Captain Hilts]

9. Can you smell or see anything? My friends are on Yonge just north of Bloor. nt

[SidDithers]

10. No, we're out in Oakville...

I might as well be in Cleveland :)

Sid

[u4ic]

11. I was born in Oakville

Had to be evacuated for the train derailment in Mississauga as that's where I grew up.

I feel empathy for anyone having to flee their home...

[Canuckistanian]

14. I remember that train derailment

The evacuated area reached to within a couple Km from where I lived at the time. I lived in Long Branch.

[ColbertWatcher]

12. Caught it this morning from LA...

...thanks to Al Gore's internets.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3432376&mesg_id=3432376