jueves, 24 de diciembre de 2009

RSOE EDIS: Canada - Technological Disaster - 2009.12.25

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2009-12-25 05:28:29 - Technological Disaster - Canada

EDIS CODE: AC-20091225-24308-CAN
Date & Time: 2009-12-25 05:28:29 [UTC]
Area: Canada, Province of Ontario, , Toronto

Number of death person(s): 4
Number of Injured person(s): 1
Damage level: Moderate (Level 2)

Not confirmed information!

Description:

Scaffolding collapsed at a Toronto high-rise apartment building Thursday evening, killing four workers, authorities said. A fifth worker was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, Global News reported. Toronto fire officials said the men fell from the 12th floor of an 18-floor building near Kipling Avenue and Steeles Avenue West just before 5 p.m., the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. The four men who died had no vital signs when rescuers arrived and the fifth was taken to Sunnybrook Hospital, the CBC said. Witness Raymond Allard told Global News it appeared the men were fixing a balcony when the accident occurred. He said he called 911 when he saw one man hanging from the balcony. "He was trying to pull himself up onto the balcony," Allard said. "I was in shock." The victims had not been identified.


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