| Comments | Courtland ON, December 17, 1988. A fire of unknown origin swept through a series of fertiliser warehouses of an agricultural co-operative but was under control before reaching a neighbouring gas station; about 245 tonnes of the chemicals were destroyed; 500 people within a 1.5 km radius were evacuated for 7 hours; two warehouses were destroyed; concentrations of pollutants in the air and water were minimal (trace). |