Toronto is on fire!

No this is a good reason for Toronto to invest in some message boards, apparently. Either that, or make some kind of signaling device that alerts people to important news on terrestrial radio, as opposed to the other 23:55:00 of the broadcast day.

 

I thought there were separate, dedicated lanes for Francophones, Aboriginals, Senators fans and people who attend Celine Dion concerts of their own free will ..

 

Holy shit those were some big explosions. They looked like some sort of atomic bomb. Wow.

 

There ARE message boards but you bring up a good point--why weren't they used. Or by the time they were used, it was too late. Good point.

The 401 is the busiest highway in North America so even at 4:00 a.m it's just one accident away from being a back-up for several kilometres.

It runs from Detroit/Windsor to the Ontario/Quebec border.

 

And it sure is fun in an eight-year-old Sunbird with a cracked rad.

 

Mr F,

You sure you closed the valves to your barbecue?

YD&OHS, etc

 

Crap, it's all Elliotte's fault?

 

An update:

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=dc159d10-fd42-4b65-b0a2-a779d8fd2433

* Looting in evacuated area
* One firefighter dead
* One man reported missing

 

From reports it sounds like the firefighter had a heart attack.

The missimg man is presumably an employee who was inside the facility. I doubt they'll find much.

Cops stepped in pretty quickly to end any looting.

Mayor Miller is looking into zoning by-laws which allowed a propane facility in a residential area.

 

Sounds like you guys are handling it much better than we would.

And that only two deaths are being attributed to those explosions is AMAZING.

 

Holy shit. Finally watched some footage. Looked atom-bomb style!