The Hoopers were very good friend of my family. Ed, Joan , Mike & Jimmy. It was also my understanding that Ed went back up after the first explosion. I believe Ed was the foreman at the time. Going back up is just a reflection of Ed’s character. Ed would love the direction of North shore soccer today.

I was the student X-Ray tech who was working that night. Did many a follow-up chest X-Ray on the young man. Bless him. I was told he had gone in to rescue his work mate. I remember the chaos. So many at once. Something that has stayed in my mind all these years.

Interesting. My brother played for MacSween then and played against the Hoopers who were with Burdetts. I also knew some of the Scullys, one of whom was a mechanic at Lynn Valley Chevron. He had an older sister, Janet, who used to babysit my brother and I.

I worked at VGH from 1983 to 1996 in a department called Safety Services . I never saw anything unusual while I was there. However some of my co workers did. Something interesting to note is that all of the unusual occurrences that took place, occurred in buildings on the south side of 12th avenue and not the north side.

There was also a prisoner ward in Fairview pavilion and the building was allegedly haunted before the burn victim showed up.

Next to Fairview Pavilion was the VGH Residence. That building was allegedly haunted by more than one ghost and there was quite a paranormal event in that building around 1995 that involved hospital staff, vcp and ehs. I read reports about the incident and debriefed staff involved.

The burn unit was at Fairview Pavilion. I helped with the move.

You are welcome, Cathy. Your uncle Ron and all others were brave men. First surviving the accident and secondly all the painful burn treatments those days. Many, many years later the burn treatments became so much more sofisticated and pain free. They went home in much shorter time. And after burn scar managements were much better.
Ron must have been a young man then. Sorry that he passed away still so young.

My uncle Ron survived the Grain terminal explosion/fire. Many thanks Lisa Rowat and all the Burn unit staff. http://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/ronald-bird-1065862682

The Burn unit was in the Fairview pavilion. FP4. It was on the opposite side of the Heather Street from the rest of the hospital and next to the Nurses residence.
I was working in the Burn Unit then.

I was one of the nurses in the Burn Unit when the explosion happened. I came to work for the night duty and did not know about the explosion until coming to work. Stretchers were all over the corridor.
I worked there the whole time when the young man was alive. Actually, I do not remember the details, but I remember a few died, one 90% burned.
I never knew about the ghost, or experienced anything about the ghost, unless I have forgotten. We moved to the other buildings. End of the chost story.
We are asked to write some experiences from the Burn unit and I will mention this.

He survived this horrific fire, barely.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theprovince/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-edward-bird&pid=3506439&fhid=5849

PS It was my daughter who brought your interest to me.

Thanks

David Samson

!9561 /62 I believe . As a new student I recall relieving a nurse for her lunch break. . Her pt was a man who fell into a bonfire . He was tied onto a ‘ Stricker Frame ‘. It was both sad & frightening . The poor man did not survive .

Would that have been in the old Willow Pavilion of VGH ? I did my Infectious Diseases training there .There were always burn victims there due to the isolation protocols . It was a very scary place for a young 18 yr old .