posted on August 16, 2008

The Star: Propane plant neighbours voice worries

A community seeking reassurance packs meeting; asbestos hazard among top concerns

VINCE TALOTTA/TORONTO STAR
Frank DeFazio, standing, voices concerns about asbestos at a meeting
at St. Norbert's church, just blocks from the Sunrise Propane
blast site, on Aug. 14, 2008.

By: Betsy Powell
Published: August 15, 2008
Source: The Star

Questions about health and safety in the aftermath of last weekend's propane explosion topped the list of concerns of residents who packed a community meeting at a North York church last night. But some just wanted to vent about what happened early last Sunday, forcing 12,000 of them from their homes. Seven families remain unable to return. "No person should ever go through the trauma this community has sustained," said one woman. She wanted to know what kind of help is available to children in the area "who can't sleep at night because of nightmares."

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