Mississauga’s fire marshal will be starting a “painstaking” investigation today after an explosion and a massive blaze engulfed a construction site near a seniors’ residence and a high school in Streetsville on Friday night, says the city’s fire chief.On Saturday afternoon, some 1,100 residents near Tannery St. and Joymar Dr. were still without power after a massive “wind-driven” fire broke out at around 7 p.m. on Friday, forcing the evacuation of some area residents for several hours, according to Mississauga Fire Chief Tim Beckett.Sixty firefighters and a number of support units arrived after receiving calls for an explosion and a fire near a four-storey, wooden-frame building that was being constructed as part of the second phase of the Credit River Retirement Residence. At around 9:45 p.m., Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie told media on scene that the fire had been put out but the construction site had completely collapsed. “Last night, we did have to cut the power for a large portion of the Streetsville area,” Beckett said Saturday afternoon. “We had a number of concerns related to collapse and the damage it might cause to the live wires and the crews working in the area,” he said.Beckett said Electra is now on scene aiming to restore electricity in the area by 1:30 p.m.One firefighter suffered a minor hand injury after he slipped on ice, according to the fire chief.Beckett said there was some concern that remaining parts of the structure “could collapse at any time.” He said that heavy equipment will be brought in to knock down those pieces. Police said a few residences directly across the street from the fire were evacuated, but residents were cleared to return home at 10:30 p.m. Friday. Beckett said it is unclear how bad the damage is but it will cost a “large sum of money.”In a tweet on Saturday afternoon, Peel District School Board stated that Streetsville Seconda ...
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