Sunshine Propane Depot Exploded in Toronto in the middle of the night on August 10, 2008. I was awoken at about 3:50 am to what I thought was thunder (there was lightening in the area). It turns ...
Sunshine Propane Depot Exploded in Toronto in the middle of the night on August 10, 2008. I was awoken at about 3:50 am to what I thought was thunder (there was lightening in the area). It turns out it was a huge propane explosion! You can see what I believe to be a piece of the propane tanker truck exploding into the air at around the 2:50 minute mark. I have since learned this piece landed in the Mt. Sinai Cemetery nearby - it was a huge chunk of metal! Be sure to watch the "high quality" stream Video taken approximately 8 km from the fire scene. Video taken on a Canon HV20 HD Camcorder.
Unfortunately, I have since learned two people died - one employee of Sunshine Propane and one firefighter. My thoughts go out to their family and friends.
Almost 20,000 people live in the area of the explosion and were evacuated. (Murray St. - Latitude: 43°43'57.25"N Longitude: 79°28'24.59"W).
I apologize for the REALLY cheezy commentary - nothing this exciting happens in Toronto. The events were spectacular and yet very sad at the same time.
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At younge and sheppard I could hear everything, my house shook like crazy, sirens, and I think alarms from the actual place or something like that. Scared me shitless
Notice how the explosions on this video sound more lower pitched than the ones on the videos which are closer. This is because lower frequenzys travel more further than higher ones.
propane gas bottle it was. they can be thrown upto 1km from the blast site like missiles. we got evactuated some time ago from a shed fire containin just 2 bottles some 50metres away. 1 of the most destructive fires you can witness.
from the sound of the pops and bangs, the firecrew done well to avoid them going off like a small nuke instead of smaller pops and bangs.
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from the sound of the pops and bangs, the firecrew done well to avoid them going off like a small nuke instead of smaller pops and bangs.