The city of Mississauga was asleep as disaster hurtled toward it at 80 km/h on the night of Nov. 10, 1979. About 40 kilometres from the city centre, Canadian Pacific Train 54 loaded with explosive and poisonous chemicals? Flames leap from a burning CP rail car in Mississauga after a derailment in November 1979. Fire crews and other emergency workers confront the mess created after a Canadian Pacific freight train derailed on Nov. 10, 1979, in Mississauga. “I saw an awful lot of men die,” said 88-year-old William Johnson, who witnessed chlorine gas clouds at Ypres in 1914.

Source: thestar November 16, 2017 12:22 UTC