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7 ?/ L1 m+ ]$ z, E) H1 N/ KFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.
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0 G1 }( A6 \7 e# u: |Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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One 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.& \; i+ p' ?5 o) l
N, r# k. g" \1 H# s( N* r2 ^The fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.: s5 ^8 x' e- l
2 _. r8 ~2 c: [' Y' H"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.- e) l) [: b) R+ M% ^
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Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.+ Y8 ^% g( R, W" R/ e5 d* q
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A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."
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/ B" M$ @3 e3 l" VAnd 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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) p3 ]% ` s1 O! ]9 K. @, o3 l; IAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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: n S* ]/ G! l; G: k5 p; tChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."5 P# h w' Z7 E
8 g; \0 P' U6 UThe fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.
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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.
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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.$ Y, A( q x7 ]: M
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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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6 A; H$ p9 j ?+ W- p3 Z1 ~. }! v- ^"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.& l0 G. ^% o' f
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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6 N- w& Z+ ?, |/ a) S% \; i# P0 bIt 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.: n4 e# R) v1 D+ ?) ^
. G& D" u* ]. Y/ U P" f5 o- x$ pA spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.5 K( Q( ^, |/ f7 d. c7 m
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The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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* J% W1 l- q8 t" q3 L* XCanadian 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." v8 Z/ ]6 r; `& h% r6 n
8 H$ g7 s. o0 R- D0 c- M" UFires 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.) d. s6 V7 f* _4 n1 n( @
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Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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