Ottawa explosion: Eastway Tank, owner plead guilty in 2022 explosion that killed 6 [Video]

Eastway Tank and its owner, Neil Greene, pleaded guilty to three charges in connection to an explosion that killed six people at an Ottawa business more than two years ago.

On Jan. 13, 2022, there was an explosion and massive fire at the Eastway Tank plant on Merivale Road in Ottawa’s south end. Rick Bastien, Etienne Mabiala, Danny Beale, Kayla Ferguson, Russell McLellan and Matt Kearney, all employees of the company, died in the blast.

At the Ottawa Courthouse on Friday, Eastway Tank pleaded guilty to two charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, while Greene pleaded guilty to one charge.

The judge ordered the company to pay a $600,000 fine, plus a 25 per cent victim surcharge. Greene will pay an $80,000 fine, with a 25 per cent victim surcharge.

An agreed statement of facts, read to the court, said that between 1:20 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 13, 2022, flammable …