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% C6 d' G; a+ T* V4 B7 H/ O W* RA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.; l- o% A. u* X* ?
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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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0 M9 ?" I9 M/ B; M: V& q! AFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.: I5 `0 K: A# b5 G
r- K, T" h- ?3 s8 w"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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Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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/ e6 g" @* F: R* O. W"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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. u- h! u9 k: X/ a0 XWilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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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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8 L8 T6 |3 v9 V0 ]Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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