Tyre, tyre, buring bright, in the city in the morning...

[alouzon]

Many tires, actually.
As taken from our local rag, The London Free Press...

The burning tires let off toxic gases, including carbon monoxide, said district chief Paul Carew at the scene.Firefighters had to pull each of the 600 to 700 tires out of the tractor trailers to put them out, he said.
The cause of the fire was not yet determined, but police

Comments

[nentari]

Whoa, that's a lot of tires.

[alouzon]

What, the 600-700 here in London, or the 12-14 million in Hagersville?

I saw the cloud of smoke when I drove into work this morning, so I texted my sister and told her not to go outside (8 months pregnant), and it was a good thing I did. The City sucked at warning people about the toxic cloud. I smell a lawsuit (and burning tires)...

[nentari]

What, the 600-700 here in London, or the 12-14 million in Hagersville?
Both, actually - though the Hagersville case is indeed a "WTF?" moment.

I smell a lawsuit (and burning tires)...
I'm surprised I can't smell it from here.

[alouzon]

I'm surprised I can't smell it from here.
Just give it time to circumnavigate the globe. I'm sure there'll be something left.

[primsong]

Oh man, that's a LOT of tires... I can only imagine the stench. *holds breath in sympathy*

[alouzon]

There was an advisory telling people in the area to stay indoors, but no one was broadcasting it, or even had a clue there was a problem. I think London's going to get a lot of flak about it. I had to walk in it for under a minute to get from my car into my place of work, and I was coughing until 6pm... and I could still taste it (ick), and it felt like someone was pressing in on my lungs all day.
On the upside, I was complimented on my husky phone voice more than once...

[riverdresses]

O________________o

WHOA. Not only is that a LOT of tires to be burning, but jeez, I don't even want to THINK of the health risks for some people as a result of all of that crap in the air.

::hugs::

[alouzon]

Thanks, my lungs are feeling much better today, but I know I saw lots of people out walking in this crap, who are probably not feeling as well.
By a fluke of nature, the wind was blowing east to west instead of west to east, so all this crap was blown all over the city. My question is, why aren't all these tires being recycled instead of hoarded? Obviously if you have 700 used tires in your wrecking yard, people aren't lining up to buy them, even if they are still good.

[clocketpatch]

that's just... nasty. Hopefully your throat is less sore by now. If not *tosses a lozenge across the pond*

[clocketpatch]

and by pond I mean lake Ontario... sheesh, you can tell I'm tired when I start getting my countries mixed. Hmmm... is it selfish of my to be glad that the winds were blowing to the west that day?

[alouzon]

Thanks, the coughing has stopped, but I haven't felt too well since (I think it's just a coincidence, there's a cold going around the office).
I think it's appropriate that this all blew back on London, hopefully it will teach them not to allow autowreckers to stockpile tires like a rubbery version of Aladin's treasure cave.
And I'm glad they weren't blowing east either, otherwise it would have been pointed right at my house...