Event Category	Incident
Event Group	Technology
Event Subgroup	Hazardous Chemicals
Event Type	Fire
Place	Amherstburg ON
Event Start Date	August 15, 2006
Event End Date	August 15, 2006
Comments	Amherstburg ON, August 15, 2006. A huge fire at a plastics recycling plant forced hundreds of resiadents to flee their homes. Smoke was 20 meters high over the area and grew to roughly the size of two football fields.
Fatalities	0
Injured / Infected	3
Evacuated	1000
Estimated Total Cost	$0
Federal DFAA Payments	Unknown
Provincial DFAA Payments	Unknown
Provincial Department Payments	Unknown
Municipal Costs	Unknown
OGD Costs	Unknown
Insurance Payments	Unknown
NGO Payments	Unknown
Utility - People Affected	0
Magnitude	0.0