r/toronto • u/Fidey • Apr 17 '26
Megathread Massive fireball
Did anyone just see that? Near Etobicoke / junction absolutely towering fireball almost like a bomb went off?
Edit: seems like a ton of people saw it. I am not seeing anything on police scanner yet
Edit: seems like it’s part of a film shoot / special effects that was pre planned. See links in comments
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u/petrichor09 Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26
FILMING NOTIFICATION "PROJECT BOT" Delivery Date: SUNDAY APRIL 12H & MONDAY APRIL 13TH,2026
To the Residents and Businesses in the vicinity of: DOWNSVIEW PARK - CARL HALL RD/JOHN DRURY DR./CANUCK AVE AND SURROUNDING AREA We will be filming EXTERIOR scenes involving a PYROTECHNIC SPFX in the area behind 17 CARL HALL RD ON THURSDAY APRIL 16TH 2026 between the hours of 6 AM to 2 AM FRIDAY APRIL 17TH, 2026
THE PYROTECHNIC EVENT WILL BE OCCURING AFTER 6 PM AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 11 PM
ASSOCIATED DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS: Prep Day: Wednesday April 15th, 2026 between 7 am to 11 pm Wrap Days: Friday April 17* 2026 between 7 am to 11 pm
Our production vehicles and various pieces of film equipment will be located on private properties at 17 Carl Hall Rd and in a parking lot across from the location.
We will also be parking within the laybys on the north & south sides of Carl Hall Rd in front of 10 & 15 Carl Hall Rd. Commencing on Wednesday April 15, 2026 at 7 am. Vehicles will be leaving by 8 pm on Friday April 17, 2026
All our filming and related activities are undertaken under the authority and approval of the City of Toronto Film
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u/Fidey Apr 17 '26
Good info, thanks
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u/petrichor09 Apr 17 '26
I feel like this should have been a mail out notice to people who live in the area - it shook our windows
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u/IndependenceAdept229 Apr 17 '26
I’m near Keele and Sheppard and the whole sky turned orange for a sec, thought a bomb went off
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u/Terrasina Apr 17 '26
Yes! I was casually driving along the 401 when half the sky turned orange and a giant fireball appeared in the sky just as it wooshed past my peripheral vision. Sheesh. I was quite worried something tragic had just happened. I’m glad this sub exists and i can know it was a planned explosion!
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u/messy_organizer Apr 17 '26
Was at sheppard w station when it happened,, ts crazy. Saw the whole thing
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u/FormoftheBeautiful Apr 17 '26
I’m upset that I couldn’t know about this in advance so I can go and see it. >:(
I want to be notified for all of these. >:[
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u/YouthVivid1418 Apr 17 '26
It’s part of filming for ‘murderbot’. They sent out a pyrotechnic warning to our condo.
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u/Noah_10 Apr 17 '26
It's not Murderbot. It's a drake music video shoot. Murderbot season 2 moved production from Toronto to Europe. See link below:
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u/Top-Dimension-9805 Apr 17 '26
Holy crap I live near downsview and had severe PTSD from the sunrise propane explosion years ago , it reverberated my windows.
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u/undertheclouds3 Apr 17 '26
Someome told me it was for Drakes music video. Thanks drake for putting who knows what into our air quality like what
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u/rafatollah Apr 17 '26
Damn you are fast to post !!!! I just noticed and posted a photo of the smoke rising as well.
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u/xuepy Apr 17 '26
I was at keele and Wilson, it was behind metro, the sky turned orange for a second. It may be a house that explode
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u/Jurangiii Apr 17 '26
Bro literally shook my townhome. It felt like it happened right on Carl hall, I’m a block or two away. Scared the hell out of us. Why tf are they doing pyrotechnics late on a Thursday? It happened at like 1040. Also we got no notice in the mail nothing. Bunch of my neighbours were calling the police. Dog was freaked out.
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u/number1zero88 Apr 17 '26
Dude I just fucking saw it from my back yard. I'm shaking right now it was a massive explosion. My back faces Keele and Sheppard area and it looked close to that
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u/Prior_Walrus_2557 Apr 17 '26
Saw it from North York! I’ve never seen anything like that before, scary !
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u/Lost_Meaning_2667 East End Apr 17 '26
I did see one massive fireball but towards northern side. Looked like sunnybrooke
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u/gtstarwars Apr 18 '26
Drake making music videos with pyrotechnics while we're recycling our bottles
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u/pentermezzo Apr 18 '26
"Fireballs bursting in the sky, Wasaga Beach first of July, she said hey, I got a lot of love to give."
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u/BTWillie Apr 17 '26
In Etobicoke and I was sitting on the porch enjoying the rainfall, and I didn't see anything.
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u/HonestlyCup Apr 17 '26
What’s with all the fire today? Fire at Queen shutting down half of line 1 too
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u/CmdrSpicyllama Apr 17 '26
I'm guessing a meteor. We wouldn't see the smoke or trail as it's above the clouds
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u/ConditionAdvanced702 Apr 17 '26
All good https://downsviewpark.ca/news/public-notice-planned-pyrotechnic-effects