Cause of fatal Mississauga blast still unknown

By News Staff

Sixty-nine residences near the site of the deadly Mississauga house explosion last week remain off limits – including 32 units in a highrise building.

Fire chief Tim Beckett said those people will be allowed back in to their homes over the next few days on a 15-minute supervised visit to get some of their belongings.

“Engineers need to be brought in to the neighbourhood to really start assessing the true damage of the homes,” he explained. “At which point in time work, with the building officials will happen until we remedy the home safe for occupancy.”


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The cause of the blast is still not known.

Dianne Page and her husband Robert Nadler were killed in the explosion at 4201 Hickory Dr., near Dixie and Rathburn roads, on June 26.

Beckett said the house in which the explosion occurred is gone, the two homes on either side are unsafe and beyond that there are various repairs required before people can move back in.

Last week, officials said the timeline for their return depends not only on how quickly gas and hydro can be restored, but also because the area is still an active investigation.

Police are also working to determine if hand written letters found in the debris field belonged to the couple who were killed in the blast.

Nadler was convicted of murder back in 1982.

It’s still too early for police to say if Nadler was murdered, or if the blast was an accident, if it was a murder-suicide, or something else.

Video: “Everything seemed to slow down,” Mississauga woman says after blast. Watch the video below or click here to view it.

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