Kunal Dhanak wasn’t there to see it, but his security camera captured the sheer horror and impact of the infamous explosion at the plaza across the street.

“Unreal, just horrifying,” said the owner of Bahar Jewellers, which operates at 3069 Hurontario St., across from the explosion site.

His security video captured the Sunday morning explosion around 7:30 a.m. At the 21-second mark, the explosion occurs, shattering his window and causing his front door to break open:

“All our shutters, windows and doors have shattered.”

The blast destroyed several businesses, damaged a high school and left five people injured.

The explosion occurred at 3066 Hurontario St. around 7:30 a.m. Sunday Feb. 11, levelling half the strip plaza.

Dhanak, whose been operating Bahar Jewellers in Mississauga since 2011, and other business operators near the blast site expressed their frustration with having to close up shop for days due to the investigation and safety concerns, with no indication of when they can reopen.

“This is a heavy burden on most of us as we are commercial shops and depend on our customers and patrons, who in turn rely on us for our goods and services,” he said.

A Mississauga family who was inside the plaza when the explosion occurred was hospitalized, with a 39-year-old man taken to hospital with serious injuries while his wife and son, a 43-year-old woman and six-year-old boy, were hospitalized for minor injuries.