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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.% C6 r! _ P* D D) K) }# i
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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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6 j) q/ g$ Z1 m/ ]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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"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."" ]6 \$ `" A* x! Z5 x; }, S
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' T G, f2 Z ^Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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+ x! U% X. V1 D3 u9 v"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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0 z& O2 l6 V% U* ]% AWilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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# n T# e# K% k$ ~9 T" `5 R"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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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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