Hub Oil Fire Aug 9, 1999, Calgary, Ab - HDindieNews

[@LUNABUG]

I remember this day so clearly. I was sitting at the dinner table and pointed out to the smoke to my mom. We lived in Dover and could see the smoke from our kitchen window. I was about 6 years old

[@GodsFirmament]

I worked there at the time. Sad day.

[@Notjobincome]

damn I live here and the little Saigon mall still looks the same on 17th ave. The fountain tire and minute muffler is still there and looks the same

[@therealslimshady-gb8bj]

Yeah I've noticed the same too, and that plaza is still there which is crazy imo.

[@JGProductions6581]

Even though I don’t live in Calgary, I was 3 when this happened.

[@dancullihall6834]

i was at Zellers across the road by the IGA when it blew up ...shook Zellers like it was hit by a truck

[@MrQuickJoe]

Damn, this was scary for me back then, I was only three years old, and Hub Oil was behind our house, literally behind it.

[@Xbox360GamingLive]

I lived in mount view trailer park, three blocks away.. When it exploded picture frames fell off the wall.. One of the scariest days of my life being only two! R.I.P those who lost their lives

[@richardarnot4918]

This was really cool to watch. Wish I had been there to see it. Kaboom!

[@richardarnot4918]

@Tj Semeniuk only if I ignite my farts

[@macdre2859]

I was five when this happened....still gives me the chills when I think back to this day. I was living in applewood at the time when we heard a huge explosion not to mention my family and a lot of people and the surrounding areas found scrap metal in their yards. R.I.P to those people who lost their lives

[@DoyleRaizner]

It's sad to learn of the loss of life that occurred with this explosion and fire. It looks like it must have been pretty horrific.

[@shaunknee3400]

Wow! I remember that fire watched it for half an hour literally thousands of people and miles of vehicles sitting on the side of road watching. I was about 1 km away where there was a clear view a little south on 52 st . amazing fire huge today expanding foam would end that quickly . I stumbled here while searching how to make expanding foam fire retardant ....memories ....

[@worfsonofmogh7954]

I was working for SMED International at the time. Didn't hear the explosion but i saw the big black plume of smoke hours after it happened.

[@HiytX_X]

Bro I was not born in here

[@HiytX_X]

Why ti blew up

[@Idontwantahandle6669]

A gas build up in a processing tank detonated and set off two other explosions at this oil refinery that recycled engine oil and other lubricants.

[@sakuracross92]

i remeber this day so well .. me and my family were one of many people told to leave the area because of the smoke was heading over where we lived at the time .. so much pain came on this day

[@ColJenkins]

55 cent gas... How I long for those days.

[@RoughShodRod]

You got it!

[@ColJenkins]

@@RoughShodRod All we had to do was collapse the economy, it's so simple I don't know how we didn't see it sooner.

[@darcycollins9689]

i grew up in calgary in the 70s ,hub oil was miles outside of the city at the time

[@terrybuckley6363]

I googled the addy last nite darcy- it was 5805 17th Ave S.E.- said it was on the East outskirts of the city- there seems to be a lot of houses around there too

[@HeavyMetalConspiracy]

I was like 5 or 6 at the time, I remember being in a kiddie pool in my back yard in Erin woods heard the loudest noise ever and saw a fireball go over the house, my mom said she thought a train derailed since we had tracks in front of the house it reminds me now of a movie because everyone was standing in the street looking at this massive cloud of smoke and fire, I could see it in Inglewood when I went to my grandmas that night. Now thats some scary shit to see as a kid

[@ChrisSmallman1981]

i was working for lafarge at the spyhill pit at the time... this was on 85st and 144ave NW and still saw the explosions... it's too bad they weren't on the video cuz i was comparing it to the massive blasts in Tianjin China recently (though not nearly as massive a blast in Calgary, still shook the city)

[@TheAntifantastic]

i heard the explosions from marda loop. i thought it was the fire department at first, they have a training facility not too far south from where hub oil used to be...

[@C.Zacarias-Main]

It think this was the year of the Canmore landslide. We were driving to Vancouver and have to go to Edmonton because the TransCanada was impassible.

[@madisonsnovlogging]

my Mom was there( no she wasn't a firefighter or a police woman) she was living close to it

[@TheAntifantastic]

i went to junior high with ryan, blake and kyla....

[@GodsFirmament]

Ryan silver car pooled with me to work and home everyday for over a year. This was a sad day.

[@jeffreybrown9226]

Spraying water upwind from the fire? You would think down wind would reap greater results.

[@turbojoe2]

Back in my street racing hay-days. 18yrs old.

[@smoothoperator427]

My Father was the acting Captain for the search and recovery for the bodies, they were sent from 21 station in Silver Springs the day after, it was pretty unfortunate. Sorry about your friends.

[@cjrobb2010]

look at the price of gas at petro canada at 0:31 behind the police officer.85.9!!!!

[@1Axxonn1]

i was fuckin aroundinthe field next to the MR fireplace when this went supernova. i thought i was gunna die

[@trevorisftm]

My house was in Abbeydale at the time I was in grade 9 amd we got pieces of the metal in our yard from the blast!!

[@diji5071]

I was in Coral springs when it went off, on the phone with my cousin who lived in penbrooke, he thought an earthquake was happening, his big ol' computer monitor was jarred so hard it nearly fell from his desk.

[@diji5071]

It took 20-35 seconds from the time my cousin announced that there was a possible earthquake, for the sound of the explosion to hit where I was. Super intense

[@MyksCoinDigs]

COLD BEER!!!

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[@kevinhuynh4164]

It's still there in 2019

[@Crawlerjamie]

My dad was there

[@ElPhantasmo69]

Actually it was 55.9. I recall being in Winnipeg in summer 2001 and gas there was an astronomical 79.9...

[@peytonwinstead9548]

2:12 wtf is that

[@Wruff]

Never Seen an Airport Fire truck before?

[@jamesfishin]

It’s a foam boss, they are used at the airport. Interesting side note Calgary is the only airport in Canada that is maned with city firefighters at the airport. Everyone else has a private firefighting team.