2 workers injured following overnight hydro vault explosion in Toronto, numerous customers without power

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2 workers injured following overnight hydro vault explosion in Toronto, numerous customers without power
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Toronto fire responded to a flashover explosion in a hydro vault early Saturday morning that sent two workers to hospital and has left up to 500 customers in the area without power.

Toronto police on scene of a hydro vault explosion that happened near the waterfront early Saturday morning on April 6, 2024. A flashover explosion inside a hydro vault early Saturday morning has sent two workers to hospital and left up to 500 customers in the area without power, according to Toronto Fire.

Toronto Fire says that crews received the call at about 12:55 a.m. to a hydro vault in the Lake Shore Boulevard and Don Roadway area, where light smoke and haze could be seen coming from the vault. There, two adult male workers were taken to hospital. Paramedics say that one of the men had serious non life-threatening injuries, whereas the other sustained minor injuries.affecting between 500 to 1,000 customers in the Front and Jarvis Street area, as well as those in the Don Roadway area.

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