Three people injured in two unrelated Hamilton house explosions
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Calling it an abnormal occurrence, Hamilton Fire Chief David Cunliffe said firefighters responded to fires caused by two separate house explosions on Thursday morning that sent three people to hospital.
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The explosions bizarrely happened within 90 minutes of each other at 182 Springside Dr., near Upper James St. and Rymal Rd. E., and across town at 8 Lampton Pl., near Parkdale Ave. N. and Barton St. E.
“From everything I’ve been advised this morning, they’re non-related,” Cunliffe told reporters at the scene Thursday afternoon.
Hamilton Firefighters have responded to two building explosions at 182 Springside Dr and 8 Lampton Pl. Chief Cunliffe will meet with media at 1300 hrs at 182 Springside Drive and will address both events at this time. pic.twitter.com/dqF3uqYD9V
— Hamilton Fire Department (@HamiltonFireDep) October 8, 2026
“This is not the norm in Hamilton,” he said. “We don’t get a lot of buildings that explode and quite frankly to have two of them in the same day, within hours, it’s not really something we see a lot of.”
Cunliffe said the explosion happened at a home on Lampton Pl. in the city’s east end just after 9 a.m. is suspected to be gas-related.
Neighbours help rescue two seniors
Good Samaritans helped rescue the two senior residents from the home who were both taken to the hospital, with one in “critical, life-threatening” condition and the other in serious condition.
“Two neighbours lived a couple of doors away as well as an individual in a neighbouring industrial building heard the blast and they ran to the home and they actually entered the home and helped locate (the injured seniors),” Cunliffe said.
That blaze was brought under control and The Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office, the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), and the gas company have all been notified about the incident.
The other fire, roughly 20 minutes away, happened just after 7:30 a.m. at a house on Springside Dr. on Hamilton Mountain, where crews found a “large debris field,” according to Chief Cunliffe.
There, one person suffered burns and was taken to the city’s burn unit in serious condition.
That fire was also brought under control, but Cunliffe said its cause remains uncertain and the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office and Technical Standards and Safety Authority have been notified.