Some Etobicoke residents say they are still searching for answers, more than a year after runoff from a major industrial fire polluted two creeks in the west Toronto suburb, devastating wildlife in the area.
Rozhen Asrani, president of the Mimico Residents Association, says some residents feel they've been left in the dark about the impact of an August 2023 chemical spill on Mimico and Humber creeks. Some Etobicoke residents say they are still searching for answers more than a year after runoff from a major industrial fire polluted two creeks in the west Toronto suburb, devastating wildlife in the area.
Firefighters said the six-alarm blaze on Aug. 11, 2023, was "one of the more significant fires" the city had seen in years. It tore through the chemical wholesaler's facility on Vulcan Avenue and poured thick black smoke into the air for nearly 12 hours. More than 100 firefighters were needed to put it out.
"The ministry continues to maintain oversight of the company's ongoing monitoring of the impacted areas, which will continue into 2025, to ensure Ontario's strict environmental standards continue to be met," Lindsay Davidson said. "The results indicated that the main sources of contaminants were petroleum hydrocarbons and fire suppression materials," Davidson said.
Residents have also voiced concerns about what they felt was a "slow and poorly co-ordinated response" to the spill that allowed contamination to
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