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No one was injured. But several cars were struck by flying debris. Investigations are being conducted by the Office of the Parts of the exploding tanks flew through the air and landed as far as 100 feet away. Fire Marshal. the Department of Shoppers in the store were not asked [0 leave the premises; they did so on their own to see what was going on. Parents in nearby town houses were concerned for the safe! y of their children and could be heard screaming for them. When the tanks exploded, pieces flew in all direclions. Some landed in the Hillcrest Mall parking lot. ()Ihers landed near lown houses and in the grass around lhem and some debris plunged to the roof of the K Marl store in the Mall. Richmond Hill‘F’i‘re Chief Bob Kennedy said, “When the tanks exploded. the pieces looked like large chunks of shrapnel," K Marl. which is the closest store to the apartment building was littered with debris. Staff members raced to put out spol fires on the roof of the K Mart Store. “The fire balls were in- credible: just like a bomb going off." he said. Lynton Friedburg also described it as ‘Incredible'. Jeff Wakefield. who lives at 40 (‘astle Rock said, “It was like a mini-Hiroshima‘ complete with mushroom clouds and fire balls.“ Someone was seen on the roof between the time workers left and the time the explosions started about 5:30 pm. For some reason. the tanks exploded bul the cause of the explosions is still being inâ€" vestigated by the Office of the Fire Marshal. ()ne of the two lar pots had been dismantled before workers went home at 4:30 pm. Twelve IUD-pound propane tanks were on the roof of the building. and they were used to heat tar pots. Fire Captain Don Gillis and firefighters Rick Lazenby and Herb llowes had just moved aside to fix the nozzle. when one of the exploding tanks landed where they had been standing only seconds before. No one was injured in the 3100.000 blaze but three Rich- mond Hiii firefighters owe their lives lo a jammed fire nozzle in [he building, By MILLIE STEWART Liberal Reporter Mushrooming fire clouds and several loud explosions shook a large area around Hillcresl Mall Thursday, when propane tanks blew up atop an llâ€"storey unâ€" finished apartment building. Propane tanks blgw up Land Division Committee also ve tos land so veran ce A Metrospan Community Newspaper Nicol Brown of Thornhill and his group will put on a musical variety show. “a dance~hall type of thing," he said. Billy Meek. a comedian on the Pig and Whistle Show singer Irene King and Scottish tenor. Peter Glen, com- plete with his kilt will help Mr. Brown put on the one and one-half hour non-stop variety Show at Mill Pond Park, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Dave Schiller was not optim boundaries being realigned in the near future it was a complicated procedure. The concert in the park this Thursday will be a fast moving and fun affair. Tonight Richmond Hill council in committee will look at ward boundaries. hoping to come up with a way of preventing future imbalances in numbers of voters in each wards. The editorial department Will be open. Monday. August 6. Live/y concert Deadline for displéy advertising is 5 p.m. Friday, and classified is 10 a.m. Tuesday. In order to give staff the Civic Holiday weekend, The Liberal display, classified and business departments will be closed Monday. August 6. 1 1 -storey-high explosion an [silo ('nurl who would be directly “_(’I1da.‘v'. Mr Tucholl; affected by (he severance Liberal he has nm ym hurls debris at Hillcrest Developers pay Hy MILLIF, STEWART Lax! 'l‘uesduy. local solicilnr‘ Th9 “PP'iCilm Ca“ 3 \(‘II Mann. Spoke on hehull of (“Wm’nmme‘m‘arm - - Iheso‘lfihomeownersonEmerald “NHL bl” i“ Boundary balance Holiday hours Part of the-already constructed building will have to be torn down Labor. the Construction Safety Association. and the Richmond my Fire; Department. One of several explosions atop an unfinished apartment building on Baif Blvd. is caught by Liberal photographer Bruce Hogg, during Thursday‘s spectacular fire. Propane tanks blew up spewing debris over a wide area. including the not optimistic about ‘, suggesting The Area 3 schools of Kleinburg Junior Public and O. M. MacKillop Public had an enrollment of 79 students while the combined enrollment of Baylhorn. Bayview Glen. Unionville and William Arm~ The opportunity for educational enrichment is also looked upon as a more efficient way of utilizing school buildings on a 12~month basis. Al the elementary level. remedial courses were offered in mathematics. English and French‘ a place for students who h'ave failed a subject (5) during the regular school year. Throughout the province, communities are regarding summer school a§ more than just The high school group doesn't finish until August 10. but not all students enrolled are taking courses simply to make up credits. This time it was summer school wrapping up for another year. About 900 elementary. 2,000 secondary and more than 50 Trainable Mentally Retarded (TMR) students attended a variety of courses. and rebuilt. because of the damages. Richmond Hill Fire Depart- ment. in responding to one of its roughest assignments this year. If you listened closely Friday. you might have heard nearly 2,000 shrieks of joy as elementary students completed their last hour of school. . .again. School’s 0ut...again "Media’sdiiy, .1 ug. 1, I979 Commissioner of Works. Bernie Toporowski. said the Beaver Creek Industrial Park Development Study by Proctor and Redfern Limited, Consulting Engineers. gives council a Members of Richmond Hill council had their first op- portunity last week to look at the results of a study done on the cost of servicing the town‘s new prestige industrial park. Beaver Creek Industrial Park. a 7Wacre area zoned industrial in Richmond Hill‘s new official plan. is bounded by Highways 7 and 404. 16th Avenue and a point just west of Leslie Street. Three pumpers. the platform. and the rescue unit. manned by about 30 fire fighters, raced to the rolled all its equipment from the fire hall except a tanker truck. At Baythorn in Thornhill, ESL (English as a second language) was offered for those who felt they needed such a course. Tw0 schools in York County offered enrichment courses in drama. visual arts and future studies. TMR students were integrated with other children in Fairmead Five other schools were used for programs at Keswick, Newmarket. Nobleton, Stouff- ville and Aurora. strong was 422 parking lot of Hillcrest Mall. Small fires broke out on the roof of Hillcrest’s K-Mart store. Damage was estimated at $100,000. Fire officials are still investigating the cause of the explosions. Industrial park s/o W/y advancing 25 Cents The Grade 8 and high school summer program gives students an opportunity to improve their standing in particular subjects or take new courses {or credits. Mr. Toporowski said at that time the town will review options of financing available. Mayor Dave Schiller said the town is hoping property owners in the area will “co-operate" in the financing of services. School in Newmarket. Keswick Public School also housed a TMR program which ran concurrently with the Grades 47 summer school Further meetings are to be held with the property owners in about IWO weeks. said Mr. Toporowski. to advise the owners of the details and allow comment [0 be made. Enrichment courses are also given in music, driver education and ESL. chance to see what progress has been made planning roads, water and sewer connections and storm drainage in the area _as welll as costs to open this land for‘ development . Construction workers believe the top floor of the apartment building will have to be torn down and rebuilt. scene 22pages “A lot of people think I went down there to ride the roller coaster. Nothing could be further from the truth. I think it's humorous.“ the chief said. referring to suggestions the trip was improper. _ Mr. Forhan said he is sure Chief Crawford acted “in good faith" in taking the trip. However. it should have been formally authorized by the police commission, the regional chairman said .Richmond Hill (‘ouncillor Lou Wainrighl, a member of the police commisson. told council thal “there was no formal motion. but every member was The chief said he had some concerns about policing in con- nection with lhe theme park. which is now under construction and is due l0 open in mm. “It was a learning experience for me and a good one," ('hiel Crawford said‘ “I was impressed with it. The security syslem is very efficient.“ He said inlernal securin will be so efficient at the Maple park lhal York Regional Police will seldom be needed [here except l0 direct traffic at peak limes, The total lab. including air fare. hotel. car rental and most of the meals. was paid by (he developers. Inspector (‘iifi' ('ox ac- companied the chief on Ihe lrip, They left Saturday. June 9. spent Sunday inspecting the park security, met the local sherii‘i Monday and returned to York Region that aflernoon. The I rip was paid for by Family Leisure (‘enl res of (‘anada Ltd. a subsidiary of a company the! developed the "lheme park" in Cincinnati. The company arranged for the trip at'ler discussions wilh the chief about possible securin problems at (he Kilo-acre park it is developing near Major Mackenzie Drive and Hwy. 400. For his part. (‘hiei' ('rawl‘ord insists there was nothing im- proper aboui lhe iw0~day lrip,ln (‘incinnati to inspect the security system of a large amusemenl park. The chief said in an in- terview lhai all members nl‘ Iho regional police commission were aware of his trip before he lei’li ('hief Bruce Crawford should have received police commission approval before accepting an Ohio trip that was paid for by the developers of a Vaughan amusement park. Regional (‘hairman Bob Forhan said Thursday. In his statement to regional council on the controversy. Mr. Forhan stressed that he was not questioning Chief (‘rawt‘ord‘x integrity. July 9 the council in Richmond Hill approved Mn Tachell‘s re~ application on a close five to four vote. despite the objections of 25 of the 29 land owners in the vicinity. Regional Land Division Committee has joined the number of government bodies to lurn down the application of 8 Richmond Hill man to sever his lot. for chief’s trip to Cincinnati Mr. Weldon also said he contacted the Property Standards Officer for the town, Marsh Miller. asking him to take the necessary steps to have the owners of the property, next to the school. clean up their holdings. Clerk of Richmond Hill, Dave Weldon. said he contacted the three major newspapers about the num ber of boxes on Yonge Street and all have agreed to a meeting to discuss the problem. Four showed the proliferation of newspaper boxes â€"â€" six Globe and Mail receptacles between Arnold Crescent and Richmond Street, and two showed the run-down state of the site of the abandoned taxi office south of Arnold Crescent and next to M. L. McConaghy Public School. Stuart Casement, a member of the committee, brought the pictures hoping to show his fellow committee members situations that needed correction in town. Six pictures of unkempt areas of Yonge Street shown to Richmond Hill Civic Improvement Committee have spurred town staff into action. Pictures show Yonge Street needs cleaning i?" (‘hief (‘rawford insisls the I" manor is slraighlforward‘ A survey crew Working near the area where the body was discovered came across the remains during some rouline work. They notified police. “We have to treat these types of cases as murders until we‘re satisfied they’re not." said Detective-Sergeant Robert McCausland “If we don‘t we lose a lot of time and the investigation must be started all over again â€" it becomes too regressive. It‘s the only practical way we can go about it." York Regional Police are treating the case as a homicide and are continuing their in- vestigation l’t-Mtive iden- tification h..d t.t)i been made before The t moral “em to press yesterday al.et'nom._ The badly decomposed body of a woman estimated to be in her midvthirties was found yesterday tTuesday) morning about a mile south of Highway 7 near Warden Avenue in Markham. “If I was a councillor and had to decide Hm the theme park r. it would be a different mane-r." he said, He said that councillors and Ihe fire chief from Vaughan and members of the press had taken a triptothefincinnalipark at the developers' expense. “1! doesn't look gnud. (herc is no question aboul that. and I would have preferred that i! hadn'! happened." Judge Graham was quoled as saying. Decomposed woman’s body found Ontario Police Commission ('hairman Judge Thomas Graham said in a Toronto newspaper interview Ihal Ihe chief should have gone a! puhlu' expense “There was no resolution. What difference does lhal make?" Mr. Wainwright said. The applicanl can appeal this decision lo the Ontario Municipal Board. but in an interview Monday. Mr, Tachella told the Liberal he has not yet decided. “He went on his mm lime." ('ouncillor Wainwright said. l'm sure he‘s nol going [0 be in l‘luenced by a $300 trip. Mr Mann stressed the fact neighbours fell a house on the hack of Mr Tachella's property would be incompatible with the character of the neighborhmd. in an interview Friday, Rick l’reston. (‘hairman of the Land Division (‘ommittee said because of the controversial nature of the application. committee members went out and viewed the site Wednesday morning before handing down their decision The application was refused on the grounds a house built to municipal standards would not be compatible with the area and because of the number of ob- jections to the application. aware lhal he w trip," reversal of the original decisiqn not to allow the split‘ Mr. Mann appealed lo the Land Division Committee lo deal with the issue at a planning level ralher lhan a political one Speaking to the history of the application and council‘s reversal of the original decision not to allow the Split. Mr Mann taking the