FOG BLOG CANADA NEWS LOG: 1 DEAD AND 5 MISSING IN HORRENDOUS EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN OTTAWA:

1 dead, 5 missing and presumed dead in Ottawa explosion and fire.....earch of site continues, police do not believe any of the missing people survived.....Ottawa police Insp. Frank D'Aoust said one man has died and another five people are missing and presumed dead after the Thursday afternoon explosion and fire at a business on Merivale Road.

Ottawa police say a man is dead and five people are unaccounted for after Thursday's explosion and fire at an industrial business on Merivale Road. The five missing people are presumed dead. Firefighters received multiple 911 calls Thursday around 1:30 p.m. about a large fire at Eastway Tank Pump and Meter Ltd., a manufacturer of custom tank trucks, in the city's Nepean area. Witnesses reported hearing large bangs coming from the site. Ottawa police Insp. Frank D'Aoust said Friday one of the people taken to hospital died Friday morning, another was in serious and stable condition, and a third had been released. D'Aoust said four men and a woman believed to be at the building at the time of the explosion are missing, and police don't believe they survived. No names have been released.