
“There was also apparently a garbage truck going around pickup refuse with garbage container top doors slamming…” They even checked the Shaw building which yielded nothing,” BC RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Investigations concluded before 5:15 a.m. “Heard it as well woke the whole house,” wrote Lucy Downey. last time i heard something similar – was a transformer exploding?” added Ashleigh Tritton. “heard it too, i caught just one shocked me out of bed, sounded like it was really close – Philips Rd here. Can’t go back to sleep,” wrote Rosie George. “Heard it close to Duncan Christian school at 4:36 a.m.,” added Lauren Cenname. Thought it was something hitting the water tower just off Gibbons,” wrote Teresa Wachter.

Residents from across Duncan, including near Chesterfield, Skinner, Lane, Sherman, Philips, Boys Roads report hearing two or three explosions.

“Anyone hearing loud explosions in Duncan starting at 4:30 a.m.?” posted Jeff Collicutt. Connected public Facebook group confirmed authorities weren’t the only ones hearing things. It appears the big bang had set off the alarms at that location. Some 15 minutes later, RCMP were at the Shaw building at 35 Queens Rd. At least two loud explosions rocked the greater Duncan area early Friday morning, the second occurring roughly around 4:30 a.m.īoth RCMP and BC Ambulance service personnel reported the two explosions to fire dispatch, as well as smoke in the area around Evans and Jubilee Streets.
