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5 p6 D% c2 \6 e: q# P% a: BA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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* a6 ^ G( c2 d5 b# [( l9 mAround 2:25 p.m., Edmonton Fire Rescue received two 911 calls to 50th Street and 67th Avenue. One was reporting a fire, the other reporting that someone had been injured at the same location.
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Fire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.
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"The fire took place in a room at this facility that did have some sort of flammable products stored in there," says Wilson, "and somehow, this ignited and caused a fire."( u# @1 z- \- f7 f, u, V
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Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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4 V% z: z9 s4 k( o2 [# w"We had eight units on scene, with about 30 firefighters," he says. "The fire was out in just under 45 minutes, and was under control in 15."
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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"When crews arrived there was a male who sustained some injuries during this event who was transported to U of A Hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries."* }9 f# J: V0 M. Q. o
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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