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A spectacular blaze that all started with a grass fire, about seven warehouses went up in flames next to the CNR Oakville yard on April 25, 1978. My dad took us to see it (from a distance of course), and I remember watching huge steel drums of chemicals blasting into the air! Even a fire engine was lost on the Chartwell side of the road. Here is CN engine 7020 assisting crews to and from the site. I could just imagine the heat coming from that fire...
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Caption: A spectacular blaze that all started with a grass fire, about seven warehouses went up in flames next to the CNR Oakville yard on April 25, 1978. My dad took us to see it (from a distance of course), and I remember watching huge steel drums of chemicals blasting into the air! Even a fire engine was lost on the Chartwell side of the road. Here is CN engine 7020 assisting crews to and from the site. I could just imagine the heat coming from that fire...

Photographer:
Peter Lokun [28] (more) (contact)
Date: 04/25/1978 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CNR 7020 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: CNR Oakville sub (search)
City/Town: Oakville (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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3 Comments
  1. An amazing historic image !

  2. This is dramatic.

  3. One word. Crazy.

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