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Some were just entering the workforce, while others were approaching retirement. The six people who died in the Jan. 13 explosion and fire at Eastway Tank in Ottawa may be united by the tragic circumstances of their deaths, but in their lives they were individuals, through and through.
The last of six Eastway victims to be publicly identified, Kearney and McLellan were remembered Monday as men dedicated to their jobs, generous to their friends and loving to their families.
Russell McLellan is one of five missing employees who are presumed dead after an explosion at Eastway Tank on Merivale Road last week. A sixth employee was taken to hospital after the blast, where he succumbed to his injuries. A seventh remains in hospital at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.