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Anti-pipeline protesters staged a “die-in” at the Production Way SkyTrain station on Monday morning. The group organized the event outside Public Safety Canada’s regional office in Burnaby and hand delivered a letter addressed to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. The letter expressed concerns about Kinder Morgan’s tank farm expansion, one they say carries many risks, including a fire or an explosion. PHOTO TEREZA VERENCA
Protesters hold ‘die-in’ at office
Dramatic demonstration included wounded and dead being carried off on stretchers by hazmat team
By Tereza Verenca
tverenca@burnabynow.com
It was like a scene out of Law and Order. Some 15 bodies lay near the Production Way SkyTrain station on Monday morning. Seven people in hazmat suits arrived at the scene, checking each individual for a
pulse. They carried stretchers and hauled the bodies off one by one. The demonstration, dubbed a “diein,” was organized by Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion (BROKE) outside Public Safety Canada’s regional office, at 3292 Production Way. It started with an air siren, indicating that Kinder Morgan’s tank farm had exploded. Several people subsequently
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ter in place,” said Ruth Walmsley with BROKE. “There could be plumes of highly toxic smoke, and there’s only two roads coming down from Simon Fraser, and they intersect very close to the tank farm. They would basically be trapped up there – thousands of people – and that’s unacceptable.” Continued on page 4
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“died” on the spot. The goal was to get the attention of Ralph Goodale, Canada’s public safety minister, and let him know the risks of expanding the tank farm are too great, according to one organizer. “This is a densely populated area; there are thousands of people living on Burnaby Mountain. Basically, the only emergency response plan is for them to shel-