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Four people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.
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5 N0 u/ I3 a$ `, D+ b) BThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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, U$ V& m. q ^4 h& U( Q% Q' o. XOne worker was being treated for second and third-degree burns, the most serious types. A second suffered first-degree burns, and a third person had a neck injury.) k$ n0 U4 W& ^/ G9 R
# l: e5 F7 l6 T) h/ {% S6 GThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.
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3 S" D* B9 ?9 u( C* s/ ]"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.8 j2 [9 H- O6 Z# H
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Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.$ J0 i0 o; a( L$ A1 x1 E. g
% |' k3 I$ ?+ B5 hA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."( i8 ?9 \6 l$ L1 k
3 f$ y5 N: T+ g' e6 QAnd a man whose wife works at the plant was concerned for her safety. "It is a ball of fire," said the man, who would not be named.
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; S& V, Q1 ?) s3 Q3 AAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.( L. E4 y' b+ J8 F( _1 j
5 }. U' P6 ?/ C' {& Q) vChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."8 ~; m' H# h. _! s9 k- j' H
" ^+ n+ B; c& l0 e6 i( E5 LThe fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.0 ]6 ~9 q2 H' b& |' M8 m4 }: k) \
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By 7 p.m., the fuel source of the fire had been isolated and the fire was contained to the coker area. o% V, L& h/ R. \
( m- T# s& U% Z2 M6 y3 x/ EAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.* a$ w( r% d' b' I
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The Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.
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"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.
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The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required. }* K: p( g6 D, d; a' K
, \9 X( ^6 Z/ n1 P2 K% j" DHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.# W; ~8 |3 I* D5 g0 y: D* N
3 H/ V: W9 o2 @5 |( N) wIt is impossible to gauge the impact on the company -- or how the incident might affect multibillion-dollar expansion plans for Horizon -- until the extent of the damage is known, said Michael Dunn, an analyst with FirstEnergy Capital Corp.
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A spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.0 a1 [6 k6 _7 Y( _& J
" H' ^- l" k# T" C4 Q( d$ ^The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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: Q& ]& ^7 e8 M3 ]/ L& OCanadian Natural, Canada's No. 1 independent oil producer, said earlier Thursday that Horizon's output averaged 83,700 barrels per day in December, down 22% from November, as it shut down the upgrader's coker unit for repairs. The company said it had restarted the unit.: o3 j8 |2 f; ?3 r- \) ^# ?
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Fires in the complex upgraders have been relatively frequent. Production at Suncor Energy Inc.'s oilsands project was hobbled when a fire broke out at one of its two upgraders in December 2009. A second unit was damaged in another blaze last February.
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# Y0 j0 o6 F1 g4 [Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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