Toronto explosion LIVE: Sky turns orange after blast ‘like a nuke’ near airport | World | News

Local people in Toronto, Canada, were terrified after an explosion shook the city.

Video footage shared online shows the aftermath of the incident, which appears to have occurred near Downsview Airport, a disused military airfield.

Sharing another image online, one user said: “I barely caught the explosion in Toronto, so I created a Twitter account to ask what was going on.”

Another said: “After the explosion around Downsview Airport in Toronto.”

A third added: “Did anyone see the explosion that lit up the sky in North York? It was so bright and big my friend thought it was a nuclear bomb.”