{"id":610543,"date":"2026-04-17T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/610543\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:21:08","slug":"downsview-park-says-flashes-of-light-and-smoke-are-part-of-planned-pyrotechnics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/610543\/","title":{"rendered":"Downsview Park says flashes of light and smoke are part of planned pyrotechnics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Downsview Park said the loud noises and flashes of light heard in the area this week were part of a \u201cpre-approved controlled activity\u201d conducted in coordination with Toronto Fire Services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Residents near the park took to social media this week after seeing what was described by some as a \u201cexplosion.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">But in an <a href=\"https:\/\/downsviewpark.ca\/news\/public-notice-planned-pyrotechnic-effects\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/downsviewpark.ca\/news\/public-notice-planned-pyrotechnic-effects\">advisory on its website<\/a>, Downsview Park confirmed there were \u201cplanned pyrotechnic effects\u201d being carried out during the week of April 13. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cResidents and visitors may notice loud noises, flashes of light, and\/or smoke in the area for short periods of time,\u201d the notice read. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThese effects are part of a pre-approved controlled activity occurring at Downsview Park and will be conducted by licensed professionals in coordination with Toronto Police and Fire Services.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The advisory added that there is \u201cno risk to public safety.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Downsview Park said the loud noises and flashes of light heard in the area this week were part&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[712,49,48,75],"class_list":["post-610543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}