| Comments | Toronto ON, August 10, 2008. A series of explosions at North York’s Sunrise Propane Industrial Gases Plant forced the evacuation of 12,000 people living inside a 1.6 kilometre radius of the area. The explosion produced a huge mushroom-shaped fireball that blew out windows and shook the houses of nearby residents. In total, the explosion destroyed 100 homes. Paramedics treated 40 people on site, six people were taken to the hospital and 18 admitted themselves. The explosion killed one Sunrise employee as well as a 25-year veteran of the Toronto Fire Service who died from heart attacked while fighting the fire. |