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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.6 ?6 _; N4 o/ J
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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.
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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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) R7 |% s/ W! h' W! I"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."! H) x5 R0 ^/ S, D& [
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Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building., V" h/ H3 v8 j
\. C3 }; q; e"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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) K' v, M7 W- z$ R4 L/ S7 SWilson adds one person was injured in the fire.7 h$ w+ F) A1 h* Z
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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."
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# p+ ]! r3 x* {( r qToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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