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Large amounts of water. we were putting on 500 gallons a minute from two directions so 1,000 gallons a minute to prevent another blevy. the fire finally burns itself out. but the disaster zone isn t safe for more than a month. over the next 36 days, we were still on scene because there were thousands of hundred pound cylinders that could have been damaged. once you start to move them, they could explode. one employee is killed in the fire and a firefighter dies of a heart attack. the enormous inferno leaves its mark on canada s largest city. this was a six-alarm fire in toronto and we ve had six-alarm fires for high rise buildings and factories and other things like that, but this was certainly a significant event because it wasn t just the fire. it was the exploding as well. coming up pan back, pan back. pan back. just had a huge explosion. a mystery train in flames unleashes a toxic cloud. i haven t seen flames or smoke go that high before. we re going to have bur ....
Surrounding the tank, followed by the massive release of propane. the explosion is called a blevy. a blevy is a boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion. the steel will weaken because of the heating and because of the pressure inside, it ruptures and that pressurized gas is released very, very quickly. the fire department tries to keep the other tanks from exploding by cooling them with water. we put the water where the flame is impinging on the steel to keep that steel cool so it won t fail. you re controlling the fire, not really putting it out. authorities evacuate the neighborhood, close highways and air space and pump water for 15 straight hours. we just phone down to the water pumping stations, have them increase the pressure for us because we re using such large amounts of water. we were putting on 500 gallons a minute from two directions so 1,000 gallons a minute to prevent another blevy. the fire finally burns itself out. ....
From it, like i don t know, craziness. enormous blast is the result of the fire melting the steel surrounding the tank, followed by the massive release of propane. the explosion is called a blevy. a blevy is a boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion. the steel will weaken because of the heating and because of the pressure inside, it ruptures and that pressurized gas is released very, very quickly. the fire department tries to keep the other tanks from exploding by cooling them with water. we put the water where the flame is impinging on the steel to keep that steel cool so it won t fail. you re controlling the fire, not really putting it out. authorities evacuate the neighborhood, close highways and air space and pump water for 15 straight hours. we just phone down to the water pumping stations, have them increase the pressure for us because we re using such large amounts of water. we were putting on 500 gallons a ....
Minute from two directions so 1,000 gallons a minute to prevent another blevy. the fire finally burns itself out. but the disaster zone isn t safe for more than a month. over the next 36 days, we were still on scene because there were thousands of hundred pound cylinders that could have been damaged. once you start to move them, they could explode. one employee is killed in the fire and a firefighter dies of a heart attack. the enormous inferno leaves its mark on canada s largest city. this was a six-alarm fire in toronto and we ve had six-alarm fires for high rise buildings and factories and other things like that, but this was certainly a significant event because it wasn t just the fire. it was the exploding as well. coming up pan back, pan back. pan back. just had a huge explosion. a mystery train in flames unleashes a toxic cloud. i haven t seen flames or smoke go that high before. we re going to have burn victims. ....
Blevy. the fire burns itself out. the disaster zone isn t safe for more than a month. over the next 36 days, we were still on scene because there were thousands of 100 pound cylinders that could have been damaged once you start to move them, they could explode. one employee is killed in the fire and a fire fighter dies of a heart attack. the enormous inferno leaves its mark on canada s largest city. this was a six alarm fire in toronto and we ve had six alarm fires for high rise buildings, factories and other things like that. this was certainly a significant event because it wasn t just the fire. it was the exploding as well. coming up stand back, stand back. we just had a huge explosion. a mystery train in flames, unleashes a toxic cloud. i haven t seen flames or smoke of that kind before. firefighters get too close to ....