Eighteen families displaced by Monday’s explosion in Orleans were able to see the full extent of damage to their homes after returning to the neighbourhood for the first time since the blast.
There is damage to the garage door, in some places it’s buckled and bent. Both will need to be replaced while the parts of the roof, mainly hanging soffit, will have to be repaired.
Khalid is among the households who received the 'all-clear' to return home on Wednesday night. The street, Shallow Pond Place in the east Ottawa neighbourhood, is only one block away from where the explosion occurred. While some residents were allowed to return home, their neighbours on the other side of the street will likely have to wait much longer. Ten houses that back-on to the site of the explosion could be damaged beyond repair.
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