Fatal blast: Flames shot 60 feet into the sky late last night after an explosion at McAsphalt Industries Ltd
Date6/15/1982
Names
Lennon, Frank
(photographer)
McAsphalt Industries (Toronto, Ont.)
(subject)
Toronto Star (Firm)
(publisher)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fatal blast: Flames shot 60 feet into the sky late last night after an explosion at McAsphalt Industries Ltd. on Sheppard Ave., Scarborough. One man was killed and another seriously injured when a tank they were working on exploded. The dead man, whose name has not been released, was thrown 30 feet by the force of the blast. The other is in critical condition in Scarborough General Hospital. McAsphalt Industries, located on the northwest corner of Rouge River Drive and Sheppard Avenue East. (43.804923, -79.186682)||Published in Toronto Star, 15 June 1982, page A10, with article ''Man killed in explosion at asphalt plant''
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Rouge
Province or state:Ontario
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000710F