Giant Explosion in Toronto

[Jay31]

I didn't see any threads pertaining to this (used searchbar) so I thought I'd put this up in case people didn't know.

On the morning of August 10, at about 4 am, an industrial propane facility exploded in a giant fireball, causing over 1000 people to evacuate their homes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7552807.stm

 

[mellifluous]

Yup. Im only 2 hours away from toronto right now and i usually am there . the explosion was kind of near my house

 

[Itsbackfliptime]

thankfully not too many people were killed. The video of it is incredible.

 

[ryan.c]

did anyone else think in the first part of the video "why was some guy holding his video camera at 4 in the morning, to catch the first explosion just seconds after it occured/before the bang actually got to them?"

 

[slashquatch]

it woke me from my slumber pretty intense im like a half an hour drive from there and it sounded like a huge thunder crack right near my house

 

[MCIRONCOCK]

If anyone has seen any of sXephil's videos on youtube, he was like half a mile away in a hotel with his friends, and they had a video camera out. It probably wasn't the same footage as on the news, but it's amazing that only one person died and such a huge fucking explosion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_sCj9YttH8

 

[rypie]

ya... it was crazy i live in toronto but am north of the city now...

its incredible that all teh windows shattered that were near it. My uncle live at avenue and 401 which is kinda far away from teh explosion and he felt the shake...

 

[Pippin]

didn't feel it, but heard it...sounded like an offbeat thunder without that initial crack

 

[GhostfaceKillah]

holy cow... i read about this in the news but i didn't realize how big the explosion was!

 

[timmi]

didnt hear much about it till today. but that is rediculas. my friend said it shook her house and she lives downtown. not exactly sure where this is.

 

[Jay31]

were any other deaths confirmed than the Firefighter who had the heart attack, and the one worker?

 

[cottonwoodarmada1651]

Yeah I thought that was kinda suspicious. "Yeah, just hanging out, filming a random chemical plant at 4 AM and BOOM!" Weird...

 

[Pippin]

really it was top news story everywhere in ontario....680 was playing it non stop

 

[dodgeridge*rider]

did you ever see fight club

same thing

 

[Ryno]

The thing was on fire before it exploded so people were likely filming the fire.

 

[blingedout]

 

[no_steeze]

^^that looks like a scene from cloverfield

 

[KarmaInitiative]

yes i think he did it

 

[timmi]

i work alot...and when im not at work im on the boat...so no i dont really catch too much news.

 

[BKlein]

I was in Toronto when it happened and din't here about it till like 2 days later

 

[Peter.]

"get in, get in the bathroom"

they freaked

i would too though

 

[FUUUCK]

I didnt hear or see it, but then again i live in the south east end.