 HiVolt
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Toronto, ON
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HiVolt
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2014-Mar-27 11:52 am
[Serious] 6 alarm fire in Toronto mattress factory.Wow, nuts. Look at the live feed at cp24.com If you want to listen to the scanner feed, it's here » www.broadcastify.com/lis ··· b/?rl=rr |
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 LazMan
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LazMan
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2014-Mar-27 12:10 pm
» www.toronto.ca/fire/cadi ··· ecad.htmThis is the TFD live dispatch page, if you're interested... |
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MaynardKrebsWe did it. We heaved Steve. Yipee.
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Price of mattresses just went up. |
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Ha, you haven't bought one recently, the price of mattresses has been high and going much higher for quite some time. You think they wove gold thread into them. Sounds like water supply is an issue, the FD is having difficulty with supply and might turn off the aerial trucks. Midnight Oil's Beds are Burning came to mind when I heard the news.  |
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 dirtyjeffer0Posers don't use avatars.
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my cousin used to be the sales manager at the Brick...let's just say the margins in mattresses are the envy of all businesses.  a $2000 premium mattress cost something like $400...that's why you get a free TV, delivery, don't pay for 2 years, etc with it. |
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HiVolt
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Toronto, ON |
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It's been a while since TO had a 6 alarm fire, thats for sure... |
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mr weather
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Not surprised, foam rubber burns extremely well. |
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HiVolt
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This chopper aerial footage will probably be good training material on large structure fires eh? |
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HiVolt
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2014-Mar-27 1:22 pm
Hehe, I think the chopper ran outta fuel they switched to a ground camera feed. |
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 donoreo
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I was out at lunch. You can see the smoke east to Kennedy road at least. |
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 EUSKill cancer
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2014-Mar-27 1:28 pm
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I would not want to be downwind of that toxic cloud.
Oops, I might be. |
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HiVolt
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HiVolt
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2014-Mar-27 1:40 pm
They've evacuated a bunch of homes downwind. |
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 elwoodbluesElwood Blues
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I'm at the Eaton Center right now I dont see any smoke |
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HiVolt
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HiVolt
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2014-Mar-27 2:43 pm
Its pretty much gutted now, but they were able to save an adjoining structure that had a firewall. |
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 AppleGuy
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The firemen fighting that fire are at risk for some serious health issues 10-20 years from now. |
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HiVolt
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HiVolt
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2014-Mar-27 2:56 pm
said by AppleGuy:The firemen fighting that fire are at risk for some serious health issues 10-20 years from now. That's why they mask up. |
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AppleGuy
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AppleGuy
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2014-Mar-27 2:58 pm
said by HiVolt:said by AppleGuy:The firemen fighting that fire are at risk for some serious health issues 10-20 years from now. That's why they mask up. Doesn't give you 100% protection, not even close. Those gases pass through masks and you see these guys getting cancer years down the road. Industrial fires are the worse. |
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2014-Mar-27 3:00 pm
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Do mattresses use brominated fire retardants like sofa's?
Do the have batches of bromine on that site? |
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 koiraHey Siri Walk Me
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Looks more like a tire fire than matresses. Lots of synthetic foam , threads, matting and cloths in there. |
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dirtyjeffer0Posers don't use avatars.
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said by AppleGuy:said by HiVolt:said by AppleGuy:The firemen fighting that fire are at risk for some serious health issues 10-20 years from now. That's why they mask up. Doesn't give you 100% protection, not even close. Those gases pass through masks and you see these guys getting cancer years down the road. Industrial fires are the worse. i can't see the photo, but if they are masked up, and wearing an oxygen/air tank, they are protected...the mask should provide positive air pressure, with an outlet vent. |
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LazMan
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31 trucks, around 140 firefighters, at it peak... Technical it hit a 7th alarm, even though one wasn't officially struck (6 alarm would be 30 trucks).
Biggest one I've heard of in a long, long time. |
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said by AppleGuy:said by HiVolt:said by AppleGuy:The firemen fighting that fire are at risk for some serious health issues 10-20 years from now. That's why they mask up. Doesn't give you 100% protection, not even close. Those gases pass through masks and you see these guys getting cancer years down the road. Industrial fires are the worse. It's not so much through the mask - it's the infiltration through the bunker gear and hoods/balaclavas. The facepieces are polycarbonate, and are basically impervious. It's the fabric components that the 'methyl-ethyl bad shit' as my HazMat instructor liked to call it, can work it's way through, to the skin, where it's fairly readily absorbed through wide open pores. |
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said by LazMan:31 trucks, around 140 firefighters, at it peak... Technical it hit a 7th alarm, even though one wasn't officially struck (6 alarm would be 30 trucks).
Biggest one I've heard of in a long, long time. Akin to Sunrise Propane? |
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2014-Mar-27 6:19 pm
said by DKS:Akin to Sunrise Propane? Sunrise Propane was in a league all its own. The fact that only two people lost their lives in that was a real miracle. |
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mr weather
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Not to mention the cause of that blast being in a league of stupid all its own as well.
Interestingly the night it blew up we were at Yorkdale Mall and literally missed seeing it by minutes. |
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LazMan
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2014-Mar-27 7:10 pm
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said by DKS: Akin to Sunrise Propane? IIRC Sunrise was a 5-alarm fire... |
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HiVolt
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HiVolt
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2014-Mar-27 7:28 pm
That was a bigass explosion, but not so much fire afterwards was it? |
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LazMan
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LazMan
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2014-Mar-27 7:32 pm
said by HiVolt:That was a bigass explosion, but not so much fire afterwards was it? Most of the damage was from the blast; the fire burned for like 5-6 hours after, from what I remember. |
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AppleGuy
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Right, so my point is valid though that this is/was a dangerous fire for these guys.
I just know way to many fighter that have gotten cancer after fighting a fire here at a major print shop. Something like 50% of them got cancer. (10 - 15 years later) |
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HiVolt
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said by LazMan:said by HiVolt:That was a bigass explosion, but not so much fire afterwards was it? Most of the damage was from the blast; the fire burned for like 5-6 hours after, from what I remember. Right but it was not a massive building with so much fire load as this factory fire. From what I recall seeing from news it was not a very big yard. |
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