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Giant Explosion in Toronto

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Jay31
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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
Aug 11 2008 7:07PM
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mellifluous
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Yup. Im only 2 hours away from toronto right now and i usually am there . the explosion was kind of near my house
Aug 11 2008 7:11PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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thankfully not too many people were killed. The video of it is incredible.
Aug 11 2008 8:20PM
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ryan.c
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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?"
Aug 11 2008 8:40PM
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slashquatch
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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
Aug 11 2008 8:44PM
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MCIRONCOCK
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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 
Aug 11 2008 9:04PM
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rypie
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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...

Aug 11 2008 9:17PM
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Pippin
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didn't feel it, but heard it...sounded like an offbeat thunder without that initial crack
Aug 11 2008 9:43PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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holy cow... i read about this in the news but i didn't realize how big the explosion was!


Aug 11 2008 10:19PM
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timmi
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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.
Aug 12 2008 12:20AM
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Jay31
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were any other deaths confirmed than the Firefighter who had the heart attack, and the one worker?
Aug 12 2008 1:46AM
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cottonwoodarmada1651
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Yeah I thought that was kinda suspicious.  "Yeah, just hanging out, filming a random chemical plant at 4 AM and BOOM!"  Weird...




Aug 12 2008 2:08AM
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Pippin
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really it was top news story everywhere in ontario....680 was playing it non stop
Aug 12 2008 3:12AM
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dodgeridge*rider
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did you ever see fight club


same thing
Aug 12 2008 3:25AM
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Ryno
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The thing was on fire before it exploded so people were likely filming the fire.
Aug 12 2008 8:58AM
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blingedout
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Aug 12 2008 9:11AM
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no_steeze
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^^that looks like a scene from cloverfield
Aug 12 2008 10:01AM
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KarmaInitiative
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yes i think he did it
Aug 12 2008 10:03AM
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timmi
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i work alot...and when im not at work im on the boat...so no i dont really catch too much news.
Aug 12 2008 10:09AM
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BKlein
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I was in Toronto when it happened and din't here about it till like 2 days later
Aug 12 2008 10:45AM
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Peter.
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"get in, get in the bathroom"

they freaked

i would too though
Aug 12 2008 11:22AM
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FUUUCK
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I didnt hear or see it, but then again i live in the south east end.
Aug 12 2008 11:42AM
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