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- m! b3 `( B7 K1 WA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.& G, H. X5 {0 a
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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.- E7 f6 }7 C2 r! Y% p
9 `0 B* w( A2 x4 R1 E5 `+ m"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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" R! f) T0 k! U! o9 g! n2 N( O, T7 vWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.3 v( n# }1 \7 m) }
8 E% k" V+ r5 t' K" k# m"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.# B* Y* A0 ~; V" l4 |% h
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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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! H; t0 d O5 v: U, s) IToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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