Lakeland Mills Disaster Archive

A Prince George firefighter said one of the two men killed in the Lakeland Mills explosion nearly three years ago had to be loaded into the back of a pickup truck and driven from the scene to an ambulance stationed on River Road.

Testifying Wednesday at a coroner's inquest into the incident, a worker in the Lakeland Mills sawmill described a marked difference in dealing with sawdust since the facility was rebuilt following the explosion nearly three years ago that killed two

A worker in the Lakeland Mills sawmill described a marked difference in dealing with sawdust since the facility was rebuilt following the explosion nearly three years ago that killed two men and injured 20 others.

For Don Zwozdesky, the fatal explosion that ripped through Lakeland Mills nearly three years ago was something he'd sooner forget but will always remember.

One of the men killed in the Lakeland Mills sawmill explosion would "literally pound on the table in the lunchroom" when expressing his concerns about the level of wood dust in the facility, a coroners inquest into the incident heard Tuesday.

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The coroners inquest into the April 2012 Lakeland Mills explosion began Monday with testimony from the widows of the two men who died in the blaze.

Victims’ families, workers say process will not provide justice they are seeking

One of the finishing touches in WorkSafeBC's new dual-team model for investigating major industrial incidents, should be in place by April, according to an update given this week of progress made towards revamping the system.

The B.C. government is introducing legislation that would allow for the prosecution of negligent employers whose actions seriously injure or kill workers.