{"id":925723,"date":"2026-10-08T21:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T21:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925723\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T21:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T21:00:13","slug":"hamilton-house-explosions-3-injured-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925723\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton house explosions: 3 injured"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two separate house fires involving suspected explosions in Hamilton sent three people to the hospital on Thursday morning, with one in critical condition, firefighters say. <\/p>\n

Speaking from the scene, Hamilton Fire Chief David Cunliffe told CP24 that one incident happened at a home at 8 Lampton Place<\/a> in the city\u2019s east end just after 9 a.m.<\/p>\n

He said a structure was \u201cfully involved\u201d when crews arrived and showed signs of an explosion, adding that this fire is suspected to be gas-related. <\/p>\n

\"\"hps Emergency crews investigating two separate house explosions in Hamilton. This is an image from the scene on Lampton Place. (CP24 photo). <\/p>\n

\u201cWe got reports from crews of significant smoke, black smoke plumes in the air,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Neighbours and a person from a nearby industrial business helped rescue the two elderly residents from the home, he added.<\/p>\n

Cunliffe said they were both taken to the hospital, with one in \u201ccritical, life-threatening\u201d condition and the other in serious condition.<\/p>\n

Speaking to CP24, local resident Frank described recalled hearing a loud \u201cwhoomp\u201d before witnessing the home\u2019s front windows blown completely onto the lawn.<\/p>\n

\"\"Frank Frank speaks to CP24 outside a large house fire in Hamilton on Thursday Oct. 8, 2026 (CP24 photo). <\/p>\n

\u201cThe front of the house was caved in, and then I saw a small fire, and then smoke, and then the fire got bigger and bigger, and then it just went to an inferno,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

The fire is now under control, and the Ontario Fire Marshal\u2019s Office and Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) have been notified.<\/p>\n

At this time, Cunliffe estimates the total damage to be about $750,000. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a norm in Hamilton. We don\u2019t get a lot of buildings that explode… and to have two in the same day within hours is really not something that we get a lot of,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u2018Large debris field\u2019<\/p>\n

The other fire, roughly 20 mins away, happened at 182 Springside Dr<\/a>. on Hamilton Mountain earlier this morning, just after 7:30 a.m. where crews found a fully involved structure and a \u201clarge debris field,\u201d according to the fire chief. <\/p>\n

There, one person suffered burns and was taken to the city\u2019s burn unit in serious condition.<\/p>\n

\"\"HPS Hamilton police investigating two separate house explosions this morning (CP24 photo). <\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a fire burning in what was a garage that had exploded,\u201d Cunliffe said. \u201cWe very quickly updated the alarm to a multiple alarm (incident) bringing resources across the city to the scene.\u201d <\/p>\n

That fire was also brought under control, but Cunliffe said its cause remains uncertain.<\/p>\n

In an update to reporters at around 1 p.m., Cunliffe noted that crews later discovered \u201csignificant damage\u201d at two nearby homes. It\u2019s unclear whether the occupants of those homes were injured. <\/p>\n

The Ontario Fire Marshal\u2019s Office, the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), and the gas company have also been notified about this incident.<\/p>\n

Cunliffe said there is \u201cabsolutely no link\u201d between the two fires.<\/p>\n

\"\"CP24\/CTV News helicopter Video from CP24\/CTV News helicopter shows the scene from Springside Drive in Hamilton. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two separate house fires involving suspected explosions in Hamilton sent three people to the hospital on Thursday morning,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[712,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-925723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-apple-news","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925723","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=925723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}