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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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/ y% W( i7 N% o: JAround 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.3 m$ ?1 @5 o# N7 |8 a6 q; B6 G, b
7 H3 d; o& x5 _7 }Fire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.- L& I& K# ~" K/ @" j$ z# z) D! H
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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."' N7 K' w& B( Q0 U5 K% {1 E3 n
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) a7 t# O; k* z6 |8 ^Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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- |! r7 R' k4 K/ ^# ]9 P# }; K- r"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.": v9 p6 e1 W9 ^' l/ t
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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! R# o! r% }# t' ~"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."& m2 ?0 I0 k* J
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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