Friday 5 April 2013

Explosion in Ontario, Canada

Early morning explosion rocks West Windsor, Ontario




4 April, 2013


Residents in Windsor’s west end were startled awake Thursday by an explosion at a nearby petroleum storage facility.
 
According to social media users, the sound of the blast shook homes and rattled windows.

The explosion happened shortly before 8 a.m. at the Plains Midstream Canada storage terminal on Matchette Road. Police quickly tweeted that the resulting fire was a controlled burn and posed no risk to public safety.


Firefighters had the blaze under control by 9 a.m., and are meeting with the company to investigate the cause of the explosion.






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