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Blazing tires spew toxic smoke
Blazing tires spew toxic smoke

Blazing tires spew toxic smoke

Date2/13/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Blazing tires spew toxic smoke. A natural resources ministry aircraft dumps water mixed with fire retardant chemicals on the three-day-old fire at a tire storage dump near Hagersville; southwest of Hamilton; yesterday. More than 1;200 people have been evacuated because of dangerous chemicals given off by the 15 million burning tires. High winds were blowing the toxins up to 4 kilometres from the fire. Officials believe the aerial water-bombing had some effect on the intense head and fire; but don t know when it can be brought under control.
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    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Aerial photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0000541F
      War zone: Water spews over mountain of tires as weary firefighter patrols grim scene in Hagersville
      War zone: Water spews over mountain of tires as weary firefighter patrols grim scene in Hagersville
      Spremo, Boris
      2/22/1990
      Dense Cloud: Billowing smoke and flames engulf a storage shed at dump where tires have been burning 14 days despite a herculean effort to douse the blaze
      Dense Cloud: Billowing smoke and flames engulf a storage shed at dump where tires have been burning 14 days despite a herculean effort to douse the blaze
      Spremo, Boris
      2/22/1990
      Dump Owner: Edward Straza's Hagersville dump has been called an environmental menace even before the fire broke out, spewing toxic smoke.
      Dump Owner: Edward Straza's Hagersville dump has been called an environmental menace even before the fire broke out, spewing toxic smoke.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/13/1990
      Brush with death. With flames licking at their backs and toxic black smoke belching around them, firemen fled and were pulled from a Parliament St. bu(...)
      Brush with death. With flames licking at their backs and toxic black smoke belching around them, firemen fled and were pulled from a Parliament St. bu(...)
      McConnell, Colin
      2/27/1980
      Toronto police have endorsed the modern method of discouraging tire thefts by branding the tires
      Toronto police have endorsed the modern method of discouraging tire thefts by branding the tires
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/20/1942
      Scotty Dunbar, a guard at Canadian Tire's Brampton warehouse, says the company's profit-sharing plan has given him incomparable security for his old age. Dunbar, 49, has used his equity in Canadian Tire shares to pay off his mortgage and start a business that later failed. He still has more than $120,000 left. He hopes to retire in few years.
      Scotty Dunbar, a guard at Canadian Tire's Brampton warehouse, says the company's profit-sharing plan has given him incomparable security for his old age. Dunbar, 49, has used his equity in Canadian Tire shares to pay off his mortgage and start a business that later failed. He still has more than $120,000 left. He hopes to retire in few years.
      Calleja, Frank
      6/18/1975
      Still not Tire-D of Summer, Lana, left, and Jenna, take advantage of a spot of good eather in an otherwise chilly summer to scale a wall of tires at Forest Valley Day Camp in North York
      Still not Tire-D of Summer, Lana, left, and Jenna, take advantage of a spot of good eather in an otherwise chilly summer to scale a wall of tires at Forest Valley Day Camp in North York
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/17/1992
      Dick Francis: His new book is fast out of the gate, but tires before the finish
      Dick Francis: His new book is fast out of the gate, but tires before the finish
      Francis, Dick, 1920-2010
      11/11/1981
      This rubber Spaghetti, made from scrap tires, will go through refining operations which will give it the appearance, but not all the properties of raw(...)
      This rubber Spaghetti, made from scrap tires, will go through refining operations which will give it the appearance, but not all the properties of raw(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      8/29/1942
      John Mahler and his tweaked turbo car see how speed-rated tires feel in touring mode.
      John Mahler and his tweaked turbo car see how speed-rated tires feel in touring mode.
      Mahler, John
      6/19/1990
      Paul Birmingham, 4, leans casually against one of the monster tires of his uncle's over-sized Chevy
      Paul Birmingham, 4, leans casually against one of the monster tires of his uncle's over-sized Chevy
      McConnell, Colin
      6/3/1988
      Rubber riot: John Mahler, Star photographer and summertime racer, set aside his Porsche 944 Turbo and took up the challenge to test tires with his company appliance, a Chrysler K-car
      Rubber riot: John Mahler, Star photographer and summertime racer, set aside his Porsche 944 Turbo and took up the challenge to test tires with his company appliance, a Chrysler K-car
      Mahler, John
      2/9/1988