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B7 ?: j+ x: [- H$ kA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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Around 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 o# }: ]5 ?# w/ a0 q- X2 |
# C" j9 |6 a, Y: \( _; {Fire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.) N6 j+ z. s1 D3 A! u% p8 G
5 X9 p" V# u7 [) n8 M+ U; w) M) y"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."
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* w0 ]: o- X# d( [! l; NWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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) G; j- I, \$ d: N5 g6 A' X"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."1 h; _6 r% g0 {3 A9 j6 v
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.# j1 t- U) e0 M. z/ i& ~3 b/ w; z) O7 Z- n
! S8 e% V2 U( I6 h"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."
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' P; K$ a* n/ c" h% ^Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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