Propane Explosion In Toronto

[socalwu 0]

Well, I was on vacation in Toronto yesterday. And from my hotel. I got woken up from this huge explosion in TORONTO.

The hotel felt like it was shake and explosion kept happeneing.

Aftermath:

2 people dead.

1 missing.

Highway 401 was CLOSED!

TTC Subway System CLOSED ON One of the subway lines.

Huge Traffic jams all over Toronto.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV5udSWJcZo

LINK TO THE VIDEO. I saw 1:50. It was scary people wer'e screaming and everything.

Tell me what you think about this.

UPDATE:

ALSO, CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO ADD A YOUTUBE VIDEO IN YOUR POST

[un1 40]

I just saw this on TV. I must admit that the fireball was huge!! I must have been hoorified if I were to be near because it be like sleeping. BOOOM!! Wake up see huge flames and alot of red and screaming. The poor people who live near to the explosion & the people who died.

PS: "Explosion" Edit: You changed it.

-un1

[panthersimcity4 162]

Wow, I saw some videos of that and it looked MASSIVE. I feel sorry for anyone who got caught in it.

[socalwu 0]

Yeah, it was quite sad and amazing on how big of an impact it did. Thank god, I was in downtown viewing it from the hotel and not in Wilson and Dufferin area (Near Yorkdale Mall).

[Duke87 1,070]

Kids, this is why it's a bad idea to store massive quantities of a highly flammable and potentially explosive substance in one spot.

[spa 968]

It wasn't a good weekend in Canada's big cities; propane explosian in Toronto and riots in Montreal! All we need is an earthquake in Vancouver to make 3.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Holy Moly !

I watched someof the other vidios.

one Comment:

How can you watch a vidio of something like this

and post comments about what a bad nation canada is?

I was going  to quote one of them but decided not to.

Read curse laden posts or not

BTW: Again nothing on CNN about this.

[socalwu 0]

It's all over Toronto Star and the Toronto Sun now.

Now, people are able to go back to there homes right now. But there has been alot of damage caused.

And the comments on the video are quite huge.

And also CNN doesn't cover Worldwide news just nationwide news.

[hamsterTK 93]

Whoah!!!

I'm guessing this was a "BLEVE" type explosion where the heated gas boiled over inside it's container then rupturing it? A long time ago in the Houston suburbs there was a train derailment that ended with a mushroom cloud and that was the final determination.

[Zelgadis 638]

Saw the explosion myself. I was up quite late that night. It was a speck in the distance, but plainly visible.

They should never, ever have built such a facility in a residential neighborhood. The residents are pissed, as well they should be.

ISF

[ky72x 13]

I agree with Ian. With a huge explosion like that, you would think that it wiped out the whole block... luckily, it didn't. Even so, I also don't understand why a facility like that would be located so close to homes and even a park.

[Explodingsims 3]

Wow...That's a big explosion.

Well, that's what happens when you put so much propane in one place.

[your_adress_here 11]

Blimey, that was big.

[Tia-may 0]

Oooh, that was massive.

[Mr. Monorail Man 3]

I saw it on youtube. And my oh my, THAT WAS HUGE!!!!!!! I mean that mushroom cloud after that explosion I can tell that the people felt the shockwave. Now that is scary. Even more scary is that the fact that my house is located about 1.5 miles from a big 5 acre propane and hydrogen storage facatility.

[TV-VCR 14]

Wasn't on the news here but it was big enough to get a page on Wikipedia.

But daaaayum, that was huge. I feel bad for the people that were nearby the explosion.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Arial veiw of devestated area.

http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/toronto-explosion/#clip72865