Hazmat Call on bus on Rideau and Elgin Street? This just popped up on my phone. Any more info on this?
Posted Oct 1, 2017, 1:05 AM UTC
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Iam at the scene right now. Nobody knows whats going on.
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Updates please
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As in the situation is unclear ?? or false alarm/spoof ?
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As of 30 minutes ago the fireman were shining flashlights into the bus but weren’t going in, so I assume they still thought there was a danger.
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HAZMAT needs to determine what the substance is first, before proceeding.
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I got the same alert and am listening now. Not much being said on these broadcasts though.
Edit: I think they switched over to a secure channel. Wtf is going on?
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Curious how you guys get alerts? Do you have to be in broadcastify or they just show up on your phone? I can't find an option for this in settings. Thanks.
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Scanner Radio Pro app.
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CBC and CTV news confirming that a Hazmat team is at National War memorial with an issue on an OCtranspo bus.
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I listened for awhile while I was taking a bath and didn't hear anything
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Just drove by. WTF?
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Could be the super Fentanyl that he blew into. (forgot the name of it)
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carfentanyl?
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Worse.
Busfentanyl.
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I dont know if you were aware before this post but congrats on being a dad
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You get an upvote
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LMFAO
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Does that make the reaction late?
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Random envelope fentanyl is hurting people now? This stuff is crazy.
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W-18
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breathing issues could very well be caused by fenyanyl/carfentanil
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Or a panic attack
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Definitely. My panic attacks start with tingling in my extremities.
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Asthma
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Or a bus driver having to get up and walk 11 feet and then Bend over.
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11 feet ≈ 3.4 metres
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Shit man I was just there and was confused as fuck about why the road was shut. Please update. I left 2 friends on that route who are new to town..... who are casualties? Driver only?
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Four people have been quarantined as of right now.
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For what? If I may know
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No statements yet but I suspect they're quarantined until testing on the contents of the envelope come back.
At least, I hope that's all they're quarantined for.
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the Ottawa Police reopen the road. They are still waiting on the test result.
@Stefan_Keyes seems to have the most up to date info: http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/oc-transpo-chemical-scare-closes-roads-near-national-war-memorial-1.3614226
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I just want to thank everyone on Reddit for posting here and giving updates as you hear them from various sources. News media has really dropped the ball on this. Certainly OC Transpo or the city could have stepped in and kept the public updated, too, but alas. Lots of people were worried about this.
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I noticed it wasn't on the news this morning. Seems like a pretty big deal that should have been a priority.
I only checked CBC though - so maybe other news outlets are reporting it.
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Right? I think the public deserved to be kept up to date. Even if it means there’s still testing going on. But I’ve checked other outlets and no one news agency has reported any more about it.
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Not to mention that it was downtown and roads were closed for it. A lot of people noticed that something was going on. It feels strange that the media is silent.
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Do we have an article about this in french? (I want to share this with a non english speaking person)
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Surprisingly, there doesn't appear to be.
I just did a lot of searching and found nothing. TVA, LaPresse/LeDroit and Radio-Canada/RDI all have no mention of this event.
Sorry. ☹️
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thank you :)
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I love that you use an app that's designed to scare the shit out of you for no good reason.
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I'm family with the bus opperator. There was a suspecious package found on the bus. The package was a large brown envelope covered in hate speech etc. The package was picked up by the opperator a few minutes later the opperator started to feel funny. The opperator called his supervisor and shut down the bus. Everyone showed up and he was taken into medical care. The bomb squad was then called to retrieve the package. The package contained no bombs or trace of drugs but had a lot of paper inside the content of which is classified at this time. The opperator is fine and was just getting a bit freaked out causing their blood pressure to rise they are home and fine now.
What about the other passengers that were being held? I assume since he has been cleared medically, they have been as well?
Thank you as well for letting us know, and good to hear that he is safe and is home. This is indeed some scary shit.
Also, could this have any relation to the protests that happened on the hill? Riot police were out there this afternoon.
The others should be good to go home. I know my family member had to do a ton of paper work. Not sure about the relationship to protests, it's possible but I think doubtful due to how long the bus could've traveled before the package was noticed.
Yeah it's pretty scary he's a little shaken up but otherwise fine. Speculation is that it's possible it was to see what kind of crowd a package could draw without having any dangerous materials in it. Just as an example if I'm going to blow up a bus 30 casualties is good(if I'm a terrorist obviously not for us) but 400 or so is even better. Stuff like this draws more crowds then free concert tickets.
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Ok. Thanks for the updates.
No worries stay safe.
Please edit "opperator" to be operator.