#toronto news : Toronto police investigate loud blasts, smoke pouring onto downtown street
Posted on 05/01/2017 2:59:23 PM PDT by Innovative
Toronto police have closed off a section of the city's downtown financial district after reports of a loud blast, a spokeswoman said on Monday, and heavy smoke was seen in the area.
Heavy smoke was pouring out of sewer grates at the corner of King and Bay Street, in the heart of the city's financial core, according to a Reuters witness.
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#toronto news : Toronto police investigate loud blasts, smoke pouring onto downtown street
Probably a transformer. I used to live next to a transformer station. I was a couple lots away. One night one blew up. WOW!
more explosions after the first blast
source video on twitter
Well, it is May Day, which is an important day for the antifas...
Could be any number of things designed to serve the area such as utilities, etc.
Hey Canadia, how are them thar refugees those hillbilly rednecks didnt want workin’ out?
Work accident in mosque sub-basement followed by secondarys?
That’s the first thing I thought of.
Canada’s open door policy towards the muzzies might not have a dang thing to do with this explosion.
But there will soon come a day when it will be muzzies.
More at:
Black smoke pouring from beneath Scotia Plaza in heart of Toronto’s business district
It wouldn’t take much to disguise it as an *accident* with a *reasonable* explanation.
I still wouldn’t rule out a muzzie connection.
Swamp gas, ignited a weather balloon.
Transformers do that from time to time. As long as nobody was close I pray.
“Explosion at King and Bay streets caused by hydro vault fire, Toronto fire chief says” (twitter)
whatever that means
...... Environment Canada issued a warning earlier this month about a large increase in incidents of exploding beavers. Maybe they have begun migrating to the cities?
Hydro vault = transformer
ah. thanx
“Probably a transformer. I used to live next to a transformer station. I was a couple lots away. One night one blew up. WOW!”
It seems like you guessed it correctly.
the latest:
Blast hits Toronto financial district, may be due to transformer
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-blast-toronto-idUSKBN17X2G2
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