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Blast Destroys a Starbucks, Several Other Businesses in Vancouver
foxnews.com ^
| Feb 13, 2008
| AP
Posted on 02/13/2008 8:02:59 PM PST by RDTF
VANCOUVER, British Columbia An explosion and fire have destroyed two shops, including a Starbucks, and damaged at least four other businesses.
Police said arson was the cause, adding that the fire was set inside a small taco restaurant and an accelerant set off the explosion.
The explosion occurred inside the Taco Del Mar restaurant about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, destroying it and the neighboring Starbucks.
The blast leveled a bus shelter and blew out the windows at a drugstore across the street and in a room at a nearby Holiday Inn.
No serious injuries have been reported.
"There was an explosion and a fire," Const. Tim Fanning of Vancouver City police told The Canadian Press. "Obviously, it's a very serious incident and it's just amazing that nobody was hurt."
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TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arson; explosion; starbucks
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posted on
02/13/2008 8:03:06 PM PST
by
RDTF
To: RDTF
“Think you used enough salsa there, Pedro?”
2
posted on
02/13/2008 8:04:45 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich!)
To: RDTF
Cue the Starbucks haters... they should be here any moment.
3
posted on
02/13/2008 8:04:56 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Some people are like slinkys, the idea of them tumbling down a flight of stairs makes you smile.)
To: RDTF
An explosion and fire have destroyed two shops, including a Starbucks Starbucks HQ is looking at the possibility of opening another destroyed Starbucks right across the street.
4
posted on
02/13/2008 8:06:12 PM PST
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: RDTF
I’d say that in most big Western cities...any explosion of any size is gonna take out a Starbucks. Can’t avoid it. They’re *everywhere*, after all.
5
posted on
02/13/2008 8:06:23 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(A place for everything and everything in its place - 2008 Resolution #1)
To: RosieCotton
In Seattle, a decent sized explosion would take out four or five.
6
posted on
02/13/2008 8:07:26 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Some people are like slinkys, the idea of them tumbling down a flight of stairs makes you smile.)
To: SandyInSeattle
Now their coffee is REALLY over-roasted.
7
posted on
02/13/2008 8:07:51 PM PST
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
To: RDTF
8
posted on
02/13/2008 8:08:06 PM PST
by
txhurl
(Don't sausage me, bro!)
To: RDTF
It only destroyed ONE Starbuck’s?
Must not have been a very big blast.
9
posted on
02/13/2008 8:08:29 PM PST
by
Nervous Tick
(Retire Ron Paul! Support Chris Peden (www.chrispeden.org))
To: RDTF
Barak Obama has offered hope to the store employees and promised them change.
10
posted on
02/13/2008 8:08:50 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: RosieCotton
That’s because they are mini detention camps for Bushitler’s enemies when he declares martial law. /lefty moonbat conspircay etory
11
posted on
02/13/2008 8:09:00 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: txflake; Cindy
dunno, but they sure must be pi$$ed off!
12
posted on
02/13/2008 8:09:00 PM PST
by
RDTF
(kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
To: RosieCotton
That’s because they are mini detention camps for Bushitler’s enemies when he declares martial law. /lefty moonbat conspircay theory
13
posted on
02/13/2008 8:09:04 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Joe 6-pack
Barak Obama has offered hope to the store employees and promised them change.Hillary, on the other hand, left no change behind...
14
posted on
02/13/2008 8:09:50 PM PST
by
RosieCotton
(A place for everything and everything in its place - 2008 Resolution #1)
To: Joe 6-pack
but with no idea or plan on how that will happen
15
posted on
02/13/2008 8:10:02 PM PST
by
RDTF
(kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
To: RDTF
Is that firefighting foam or latte?
16
posted on
02/13/2008 8:10:02 PM PST
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
To: SIDENET
Now their coffee is REALLY over-roasted. They can start a new line of coffee. Evening Smoke.
17
posted on
02/13/2008 8:10:12 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Some people are like slinkys, the idea of them tumbling down a flight of stairs makes you smile.)
To: SandyInSeattle
18
posted on
02/13/2008 8:11:29 PM PST
by
RDTF
(kill the terrorists, punch the hippies)
To: RDTF
That did it, you made me choke on my glass of water.
19
posted on
02/13/2008 8:12:22 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Some people are like slinkys, the idea of them tumbling down a flight of stairs makes you smile.)
To: RDTF
"but with no idea or plan on how that will happen" Those are the kind of details that can be worked out after he's elected. The important thing is that they have someone who can offer them hope and the promise of change!!
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posted on
02/13/2008 8:12:55 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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