Posted on 04/02/2006 12:39:39 PM PDT by Tasha Dasha Doo
It is on CTV news channel.
Just breaking - explosion in a coffee shop in downtown Toronto, Canada.
Reporter just talked about some sort of explosives strapped to a guy and explosion occured in a busy district of the city.
Will keep you posted!
Some idiot hit a dognut shop. Without thinking those are the most heavily armed an defended places on Earth.
Did anyone say it was gasoline in the gas can, or are we all just assuming it was?
LOL! The Capon Crusaders!
Gasoline vapors can flash in a confined container, (and flash so rapidly that it seems like an explosion, but isn't - kind of like smokeless powder) but liquid gasoline cannot flash. Gotta have the correct concentration - not too little and not too much. That's why all the fuss about carburetors . . .
Stupid arsonists get caught in their own fires because they forget about the flash properties of gasoline vapor -- when they strike that match on the front porch and they can smell gasoline, they're standing in a vapor cloud. Sometimes it's just the right mixture, and then you get what is known in the trade as a "Crispy Critter."
Gallows humor but true.
Ya got me giggling here.
I wonder how many ran out with their dougnuts in hand?
There was a gas can:
"A customer entered the washroom and noticed the smell of gasoline coming from the stall, Cole said. The customer then saw the gasoline can and fled the washroom only moments before the explosion, he said."
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=3b2c210c-d4b4-411b-ac40-9dac78fdfd4c
Thanks!
Still no name? Could it be used as part of a bomb. Witnesses said he was wired.
The bear claws hardly had a chance to breath before they met their untimely end!!!
Could be an opening salvo against the "liberal" commies!
Or with a trayfull of dognuts! And the coffee.
Now we find out there was gasoline involved. So this guy is an idiot in another way. There are some chemicals added to gasoline or kerosine to make it blow up in movies. One may be methyl ethyl ketone. The other will remain unknown for a reason. The 1st is unstable as it is.
There are over 300,000 chemicals to add as an attempt to catylise it. Let's see how many idiots try this at home! They won't be around to blow places up. There is also a 4th chemical that also will not get mentioned.
The explosives professionals that do this are licensed and very highly paid for a first time success. So with the other 2 variables, we have a 300,000^2 situation where it's 9.0 x 10^10 : 1 for success.
Will run out of Darwin Award winners.
or. . .perhaps he just needed a bathroom visit or wanted to check his 'stuff' before(or after. . .) he enjoyed his last donut. . .before heading to underground train. . .
UPDATE:
Tims blast ruled suicide
TORONTO (CP) The explosion that killed a man inside the bathroom of a downtown Tim Hortons on Sunday was a suicide, police sources said Tuesday.
The man whose identity has not been released walked into the coffee shop around 1 p.m. armed with a small gas container. Inside the bathroom, he poured gas over his body and lit himself on fire.
Police believe they know who the man is but are not releasing his identity as they have had difficulty notifying his next of kin. His immediate family is believed to be out of the country.
Because he was burned extensively, Dr. Jim Cairns, Ontarios deputy chief coroner, said dental records or DNA analysis will be required to formally identify the man.
"Were not dealing with any criminal activity here," Cairns said.
Police have been in contact with a distant relative in the city, but have not been able to reach the mans wife. Unhappy in Canada, she and the couples young child returned recently to South Asia, a source said.(snip)
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/494748.html
A Vietnam war era joke:
Q: What uses a gallon of gasoline but doesn't get anywhere?
A: A Buddhist Monk...
AHA! The violence side isn't revealed.
(according to 680News, Toronto ):
Toronto Police say they have now identified a man
who died in a flash fire a downtown Tim Horton's on the weekend.
But, at the request of the family, his name will not be released.
(See my post #281)
Thank you Allan for that update.
Yup - we likely won't find out. Isn't this nice, though? If my kids commit an illegal act that could kill scores of people, at my request nobody will know about it. Yeah, right. Not me. Wrong ethnicity.
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