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Some were just entering the workforce, while others were approaching retirement. The six people who died in the Jan. 13 explosion and fire at Eastway Tank in Ottawa may be united by the tragic circumstances of their deaths, but in their lives they were individuals, through and through.
Former employees of Eastway Tank Pump & Meter Ltd. have come forward to allege a history of safety lapses at the Ottawa company prior to last Thursday's explosion that killed six workers and left a seventh critically injured.
Josh Bastien, who is also a former Eastway employee, says he once helped extinguish a fire caused by a spark from a welder s torch. Other ex-workers say safety…