FOG BLOG CANADA LOG: ST CATHARINES EXPLOSION CAUSES INJURIES , FORCES EVACUATIONS!

Worker critically injured, homes evacuated after industrial explosion and fire in St. Catharines, Ont. The man, the only one at the Ssonix Products facility Thursday morning, later sent to Toronto hospital A man was critically injured and another person was taken to hospital as emergency crews responded to a series of explosions and fire at a hazardous waste facility in St. Catharines, Ont., on Thursday.

The explosions triggered the evacuation of nearby homes for most of the day as crews worked to put out the large blaze.

Police said emergency crews were called to the Ssonix Products facility at 20 Keefer Rd. just after 6:30 a.m. ET. The company's website said its line of business includes producing gasoline, kerosene, distillate fuel oils, residual fuel oils and lubricants.

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Crews found a fire that had spread to a neighbouring industrial building as well.

Karen Lutz-Graul, deputy chief of operations with Niagara Emergency Medical Services, told CBC Hamilton that one person with life-threatening injuries was transported to hospital.