12 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday July 25, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Explosion rocks ROPAK Residents in the area of the Bronte GO Station and Wyecroft Road received a bit of a scare Wednesday afternoon as an explosion broke the calm of the evening commute. Employees of ROPAK Packaging, 2240 Wyecroft Rd., said the noise came from their building's transformer, which shorted out, forcing an evacuation of the building. Police quickly arrived on the scene diverting traffic away from the area while the Oakville Fire Department moved in and put out the ensuing fire. "An electrical fire in the transformer room was what started this, but we don't know what started it," said Fire Chief Richard Boyes. "It spread and breached the wall. It was contained to one small area of the plant, but we do have smoke throughout the plant and we're doing ventilation right now." One employee reportedly twisted his ankle during the incident, but beyond that no injuries were reported. Damage to the building has yet to be estimated. RESIN WICKER 7 YEAR WARRANTY (OUTDOOR WICKER) LARGE CANTALEVER 10X10 ROTATING & TILTING UMBRELLA, TOP OF THE LINE (7 YEAR WARRANTY) DAVID RITCHIE / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER WORKERS EVACUATED: The Regional Municipality of Halton www.halton.ca Oakville firefighters were called to a fire at ROPAK Packaging, 2240 Wyecroft Rd., caused by a transformer explosion Wednesday. SOLID CAST ALUMINUM & ALL WEATHER NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION REPLACEMENT AND SANITARY SEWER LINING ON DAVIS ROAD, TOWN OF OAKVILLE closeout INVENTORY FREE GIFTS TO FIRST 100 CUSTOMERS VALUE $150-$300 FIREPITS 50% UP TO SAVE Limited stock so hurry in... ALL SEASON WICKER CAST ALUMINUM EXCLUSIVELY SUNBRELLA FABRIC ON FLOOR MODEL PURCHASES NO TAX HW Y4 07 SUN JULY 27 11AM-5PM 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 BRIAR ROAD 10AM-5PM GUELPH LINE LANDMARK ROAD QEW JORDAN LEATHER & PATIO 3400 LANDMARK ROAD UNIT 7, BURLINGTON (Major Interection Mainway & Walkers Line) 250708 647-261-5222 WALKERS LINE SAT JULY 26 QUALITY, ELEGANCE, COMFORT... ALL AT A PRICE YOU COULD RELAX ON MAINWAY