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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: Propane Depot Fire Lights Up Toronto Skyline with Massive Mushroom Cloud</title>
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<title>Rebecca C.</title>
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All though I was in Brantford at the time of this, my cousin lives in the GTA and we were fearful of her as we don't quite know exactly were she lives. It turns out that she's on the south side of the GTA but still, she told us of the stories her husband heard at work.

My point is that this is not just a problem in Toronto. Anywhere you go, you can find this. Brantford used to have a gas station in smack middle, triangle piece of land, just at the corner of one of the busiest four-lanes both-way intersections & train track that crosses. If we were to have had that explosion there, we would have lost a lot more & been worse with the two high-rise appartment buildings within a four block radius. The gas station is long gone and so are the tanks but still. In the town were I attend college, there are TWO gas stations directly across the street from each other and both have propane filling stations AND they are smack-dab in the centre of downtown. If that happens here, we pretty much loose ALL of the downtown as it all is about a 5-city-block radius. It's like they designed the city around the stations!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c399325</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:05:23 PST</pubDate>
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<title>@ Al</title>
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"Why does the city permit dangerous stuff like this to be ADDED to a location right across the street from a residential area?"

Because hundreds of thousands of people in the GTA want, buy, and use propane? A better question is why everyone pretends they aren't consumers of industrial products whenever said products bite them in the ass.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c303117</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:29:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Joyce</title>
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Al is a liar.

Shelley Carroll never said this and never would.

She is the best councillor on City Council and should Mayor David Miller decide not to run again she would be the best person to replace him.

She has done so much for her community.

I am sure this was something written under an alias by one of the right wing councillors probably Ford, Holyday or Minnan-Wong.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c300538</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c300538</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:07:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jimmyj</title>
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Hey Hey;

You must work for the media. Sorry, that's no excuse, unfortunately emergencies don't occur acording to what works best for news makers schedules. Take one reporter off Britney Spears' vajaja and put them on overnight news duty. Even one person to update a ticker - isn't that what CP24 is supposed to be for? News plays a crucial role during these times. Huge failure on the part of Toronto media.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c300467</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c300467</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:56:50 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>MIke_S</title>
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I live about 1KM directly west of the site on Keele Street.

I was awakened at ~4:00 a.m. by the "weird thunder" noise.  

Then it happened 2 or 3 times in a row and I thought at 
first that someone was slamming a door.  When I fully awoke I could feel the building shaking on each explosion, there must have been about 10-20 in a row or more every few seconds. 

Went to my window which faces east and saw the massive fire, looked to be about 500-600 feet wide !

I quickly dressed and went outside. I walked down to Keele, Wilson, all along the street (which is lined with apartment buildings), people were standing outside watching the fire.

Mike]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c300116</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:35:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Roger</title>
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Probably the best video footage of the explosion is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pan1t4WdYbc" target="_blank">this little 36-second clip</a>. I can almost feel the heat from the blast at 0:08.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c300108</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c300108</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:10:17 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Hey</title>
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No news - err yeah. 3:50AM on a Sunday morning is the least covered time of the week. It doesn't help that so many national reporters are over in Beijing and that anyone left was trying to book a flight to Georgia. 

Sure there are some local people, but many of them have been drafted to cover holes left in national coverage while everyone else is watching the Olympics. Is anyone here ever normally in any state that they can report to work on 10 minutes notice at 4AM Sunday? Most of us would have problems hitting 4PM if we weren't planning on working.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c300107</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:07:54 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>JimmyJ</title>
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What I found disturbing was the media's lack of coverage on the event, I honestly thought a bomb went off - checked all the TV & news websites, cbc, ctv, toronto star, cp24, etc, etc NO ONE had any coverage of the event even an hour after the big explosion. Are they all sleeping? That's pretty scary, in the event of an event bigger situation. Wake up media, this is why you exist.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c300087</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:43:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Stilez</title>
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I was at my mom's who lives right by Yorkdale Mall. The blasts were so intense, it blew the windows out of shops all the way to Dufferin & Wilson/Yorkdale area.  Was def. a scary way to wake up, I can only imagine how scared the people around Keele & Wilson must've felt.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c300025</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:58:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Nick</title>
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I live 1 block from the site and was not allowed to return up until 12am tonight, and was stopped and searched trying to sneak in lol. Luckily the officers I encountered were nice enough to give me a ride back to a friends place. I'm not sure who is the blame for this, the media or the cops. But this has been a nightmare weekend to say the least.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c300019</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:54:14 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ratpick</title>
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Mayor Miller is too busy protecting us from tasty street food to worry about propane depots located across the street from neighbourhoods.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c300008</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:24:10 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>o_O</title>
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Looks like Al has a political agenda. Shame on you.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c299996</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:21:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Al</title>
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What disgusted me was that city councillor Shelley Carroll, "acting Deputy Mayor" on tv blamed this on the homeowners who bought homes "that encroached on an industrial area".

While the industrial area was there first with WWII industries and later with places like the Tesky Construction cement loading location, those homes have been there for probably 5 decades while Sunrise Propane maybe one decade.

Why does the city permit dangerous stuff like this to be ADDED to a location right across the street from a residential area?

And for Councillor Carroll to blame the residents is nothing short of absolutely disgusting.

It's no wonder so many people have lost any respect for politicians.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c299990</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:16:29 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Human Fly</title>
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@jack http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080810/080810_explosion_mayor/20080810/?hub=CP24Home]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c299988</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:44:37 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>jack</title>
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urgh... and our mayor's response to this is?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c299981</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:05:46 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Adam</title>
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In one of the videos floating around you can actually see the shockwave blast the flames outwards - that's probably what most of you felt in describing your building shaking, swaying, or feeling like a bomb went off.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c299980</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:58:10 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Bubba</title>
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I was woken up the initial blasts that went on for about 30 to 40 min's and then that big one happened and i saw a bright flash followed by a rush of air and my apartment shaking, I'm at Bathurst and Eglinton, It sounded like artillery shells being fired and then a big bomb going off! Scared the shit out of me!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c299964</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c299964</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:35:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Eric</title>
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I'm down at Royal York and Lakeshore, I was building a computer in my dining room when I thought I heard thunder, but saw no lightning and it wasn't raining.. went back to it, then read about the explosion and saw the videos.. crazy!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c299955</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c299955</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:55:40 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>tips</title>
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Death reported along with injuries:

http://www.hotornotgossip.com/blog/2008/08/breaking-news-t.html]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c299946</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:17:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>rek</title>
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbw_K8pfNfo]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/08/propane_depot_fire_lights_up_toronto_skyline_with_massive_mushroom_cloud/#c299945</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:15:55 PDT</pubDate>
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