'A day you don't want to live' Family, friends and firefighters


'A day you don't want to live' Family, friends and firefighters

Calgary marks 20th anniversary of the Hub Oil explosion 02:10 | August 9, 2019 Calgary marks 20th anniversary of the Hub Oil explosion August 9, 2019 Friday marked a somber anniversary for.


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Friday marks the 20th anniversary of Calgary's deadly Hub Oil explosion. The explosion at the refinery on 17 Avenue Southeast happened on Aug. 9, 1999, sending flames shooting into the air and.


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Today marks the 10th anniversary of the deadly Hub Oil explosion. On August 9th, 1999 a huge black plume of smoke filled the air. A Hub Oil container holding 30-thousand litres of used oil blew up.


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The Hub Oil explosion was an industrial accident that took place on August 9, 1999 in Calgary, Alberta and caused two fatalities. The Hub Oil refinery was located at 5805 17 Avenue SE, near the eastern edge of Calgary and immediately south of the residential community of Penbrooke . Historical background


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The Hub Oil explosion was an industrial accident that took place on August 9, 1999 in Calgary, Alberta and caused two fatalities. CFCN (CTV), 2&7 (Global),.


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( (CBC)) Calgary city council has paved the way for the long-awaited redevelopment of the old Hub Oil refinery site that was destroyed in a massive explosion and fire 10 years ago. The site.


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The mother of a man killed in the Hub Oil explosion nearly seven years ago said an inquiry is a waste of time and money. CBC News ยท Posted: Jun 06, 2006 11:44 AM EDT | Last Updated: June 6, 2006.


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The Crown has dropped criminal negligence charges against Hub Oil, five years after an explosion at its Calgary refinery killed two men and injured five others. Prosecutors will replace the.


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Canada Victim's family blasts $400,000 Hub Oil fine CBC News ยท Posted: Jul 22, 2005 9:30 AM PDT | Last Updated: July 22, 2005 After a six-year legal battle, Hub Oil has been fined the.


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1999, Hub oil explosion and fire disaster Calgary, Ab Originally on my HDIndie news channelDuring my previous life as a freelance cameraman, I was lucky to a.


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Fri, Aug 9: Garth Rabel joins Global News Morning Calgary to talk about being one of the first Calgary Firefighters on scene at the 1999 Hub Oil explosion in the city's southeast.


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CALGARY Hub Oil Co. Ltd., Calgary, has been charged in connection with an explosion at its Calgary used oil recycling plant a year ago that killed two workers (OGJ, Aug. 16, 1999, p. 36).The.


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After a six year legal battle, Hub Oil has been fined the equivalent of $400,000 in connection with an explosion that killed two men and injured six others, a decision that upset the family.


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Shortly before 12:00 Noon on August 9, 1999, an explosion occurred at the Hub Oil Refinery in Southeast Calgary resulting in the deaths of Ryan Eckhard and Ryan Silver, two of the Hub Oil employees working at the plant. On July 21, 2005, The Honourable Mr. Justice Brooker reviewed the circumstances giving rise to


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Friday marked 20 years since the Hub Oil refinery burst into flames in southeast Calgary. As Tracy Nagai reports, the families of two men killed in the explosion say they will be forever haunted.


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On that morning, an explosion hit the Hub Oil facility on 17 Ave and 60 Street SE, claiming the lives of two workers. Smoke rises from the Hub Oil plant in southeast Calgary on Monday Aug. 9, 1999. The plant was rocked by a string of explosions that sent at least five people to hospital and pumped a dense cloud of toxic black smoke into the sky.

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