A newly surfaced video of the Wheatley, Ont., explosion shows the incredible force of the blast that hit the small town’s core last summer.
It is also bringing back tough memories for residents of the community, located about 70 kilometres southeast of Windsor in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.
“That was our village, that’s where we all went to gather,” said Rebecca Lamb of the downtown intersection seen in the 44-second video. Lamb and her husband remain out of their home, which is nearby and was badly damaged.
“It brought back a lot of very, very sad times.”
The video, obtained by CBC Windsor this week, was captured by a
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