1,037 - This is scary... explosion in Toronto
This is entry #1,037.
This is downright scary... I just hope this isn't terrorism-related. :/
Tim Hortons explosion kills 1
Apr. 2, 2006. 05:25 PM
PAUL CHOI
STAFF REPORTER
One person is dead after an explosion inside a Tim Hortons in the downtown core Sunday afternoon and another Tim Hortons store was evacuated after a suspicious package was found.
Emergency personnel responded to a report of an explosion at a Tim Hortons location on Yonge St. near Bloor St. shortly after 1 p.m.
"It's my understanding it was an explosion of some sort, but I don't know the origin of it or what precipitated it," said Staff Sgt. Ron Aalen.
One person had no vital signs when EMS crews arrived, an ambulance spokeswoman said.
Police later confirmed that one person -- a male -- had died. Police would only say that the victim was in the washroom at the time of the explosion.
A Tim Hortons spokesman confirmed the dead man was not an employee, but his identity was not immediately known.
Witnesses reported hearing a loud bang; police said no one else was involved and there were no other injuries.
Eunice Almeida, 23, a regular patron of the Tim Hortons outlet, said she spoke to employees shortly after it was evacuated. One woman told her the blast was felt as a sudden shock through the store.
“There was an explosion in the men’s washroom, then there was a stampede and everybody ran out,” said Almeida.
Officers in white hazardous-materials suits were seen entering and leaving the store but it was not clear whether a potentially dangerous substance had been identified.
There is no word yet on the cause of the explosion but fire department spokesman Daryl Fuglerud said on the scene that the victim had some burns to his body. No other injuries were reported.
Officers have since cordoned off the area between Bloor St. and Asquith Ave. and a bomb squad has been called in to investigate the scene.
At about 3 p.m., another Tim Hortons location near Yonge St. and Lawrence Ave. was evacuated by emergency personnel after employees there discovered what they believed to be a suspicious package and reported the finding to police.
Investigators cordoned off the area near the store, located at 3222 Yonge St., and the police bomb squad has since been called in to investigate the package.
With files from Canadian Press
Source: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1143976356783&call_pageid=968332188492
P.S. - My friends page has barely moved all weekend. -.-
This is downright scary... I just hope this isn't terrorism-related. :/
Tim Hortons explosion kills 1
Apr. 2, 2006. 05:25 PM
PAUL CHOI
STAFF REPORTER
One person is dead after an explosion inside a Tim Hortons in the downtown core Sunday afternoon and another Tim Hortons store was evacuated after a suspicious package was found.
Emergency personnel responded to a report of an explosion at a Tim Hortons location on Yonge St. near Bloor St. shortly after 1 p.m.
"It's my understanding it was an explosion of some sort, but I don't know the origin of it or what precipitated it," said Staff Sgt. Ron Aalen.
One person had no vital signs when EMS crews arrived, an ambulance spokeswoman said.
Police later confirmed that one person -- a male -- had died. Police would only say that the victim was in the washroom at the time of the explosion.
A Tim Hortons spokesman confirmed the dead man was not an employee, but his identity was not immediately known.
Witnesses reported hearing a loud bang; police said no one else was involved and there were no other injuries.
Eunice Almeida, 23, a regular patron of the Tim Hortons outlet, said she spoke to employees shortly after it was evacuated. One woman told her the blast was felt as a sudden shock through the store.
“There was an explosion in the men’s washroom, then there was a stampede and everybody ran out,” said Almeida.
Officers in white hazardous-materials suits were seen entering and leaving the store but it was not clear whether a potentially dangerous substance had been identified.
There is no word yet on the cause of the explosion but fire department spokesman Daryl Fuglerud said on the scene that the victim had some burns to his body. No other injuries were reported.
Officers have since cordoned off the area between Bloor St. and Asquith Ave. and a bomb squad has been called in to investigate the scene.
At about 3 p.m., another Tim Hortons location near Yonge St. and Lawrence Ave. was evacuated by emergency personnel after employees there discovered what they believed to be a suspicious package and reported the finding to police.
Investigators cordoned off the area near the store, located at 3222 Yonge St., and the police bomb squad has since been called in to investigate the package.
With files from Canadian Press
Source: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1143976356783&call_pageid=968332188492
P.S. - My friends page has barely moved all weekend. -.-