Clouds of fire and steam towered over the Imperial Oil plant in Sarnia the night of Feb. 23, 2017. A resident of a First Nations community in Sarnia filed an application Thursday asking the province to investigate an incident in which large flames billowed from an industrial plant for five hours. The application — filed with co-applicant Elaine MacDonald, a scientist with the environmental law charity Ecojustice — was submitted to Ontario environmental commissioner Dianne Saxe, who will forward it to the provincial environment ministry. Spokesperson Jon Harding of Imperial Oil said the company wasn’t aware of Gray’s complaint but will co-operate with any investigation. Sarnia has a municipal warning system, but no alert was sent on Feb. 23, said Cal Gardner, Sarnia’s emergency management.

Source: thestar October 20, 2017 02:03 UTC