2003 Etobicoke gas explosion

The 2003 Etobicoke gas explosion was a disaster which occurred on April 24, 2003, after a backhoe operated by Enbridge contractor Precision breached a pipeline on Bloor Street in the Etobicoke district of Toronto, Ontario. The resulting explosion destroyed a nearby two-story mixed commercial and residential building killing seven persons and injuring another four. Enbridge and several other companies were fined for the disaster in 2011.[1] The explosion was the worst pipeline disaster in Canada since the LaSalle Heights Disaster in 1965. A memorial garden was dedicated at the site of the explosion in 2008.[2]