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2008 August 10: Toronto propane explosion: Explosion Downsview, Ontario: Ontario Canada 2 2009 March 12: Cougar Helicopters Flight 91: Air crash Off Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 17 2011 June: 2011 Assiniboine River flood: Flood Manitoba Prairies 1 2011 May 15: Slave Lake fire: Wildfires Slave Lake, Alberta Prairies 1 2011 August 20: First Air ...
BLEVE–fireball, 2008 Toronto propane explosion The following is a list of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) accidents. It shows whether the accident occurred during dangerous goods transportation or at a fixed facility, the accident origin (e.g., storage, process reactor, rail tank car, tank truck), the material involved, its amount, the number of fatalities, and whether a ...
The 2003 Etobicoke gas explosion was a disaster which occurred on April 24, 2003, after a backhoe operated by Enbridge contractor Precision Utility breached a pipeline on Bloor Street in the Etobicoke district of Toronto, Ontario. The resulting explosion destroyed a two-story mixed commercial and residential building, killing seven people and ...
One person was injured after some type of explosion at a commercial building on Forest Avenue in Hudson. ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail.
August 10 – Toronto propane explosion in North York, Toronto, Canada, killed two. [221] September 20 – Wuwang Club fire in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, killed 43. [101] [222] October 1 – Video Parlour Cats fire by arsonist in Nanba, Osaka, Japan, killed 16. [223] October 20 – Garrick's Villa near London, England, roof destroyed by fire.
Three people including a firefighter were taken to hospital and a fourth has died after the blaze in Bedford.
As the food truck business has grown over the years, there have been periodic occurrences of propane-related accidents, the most notorious in the summer of 2014 when an explosion and ensuing fire ...
The Ontario Fire Marshal's Office handled the investigation of the explosions. [2] While the cause of the explosions had not yet been determined, on August 21, 2008, Ontario's independent safety regulator for fuels, the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), released a statement saying that, just before the explosion, a truck driver was illegally transferring propane from one truck ...