Canada

Dust Explosion Damages Canadian Wastewater Plant

Sewage sludge generates dry dust that can explode.

3M tape manufacturing facility in Ontario evacuated.

One person hospitalized with critical injuries.

Blaze triggers evacuation with no injuries.

Residents of Trois-Rivières in Quebec ordered to shelter-in-place.

On July 6, 2013, a runaway freight train derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.

Firm wants time to investigate the nature of the June 29 emergency.

Carbon monoxide report being investigated by fire authorities.

Earlier death also happened in British Columbia.

Vents open at a specific pressure within milliseconds of an explosion.