One Year Later: Residents Remember Sunrise Propane Blast

By News Staff

Posted August 10, 2009 6:54 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

One year after a fatal explosion rocked a north Toronto neighbourhood, residents remembered the night of August 10, 2008.

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