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Four people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.
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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.
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g/ y0 T, m2 E3 G7 _1 @# ~; ]The fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.
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& B" s4 P& ]# B"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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1 c! @" h; a$ t7 A, }0 H. gReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.1 g8 s& z3 _$ x3 @" m4 p
7 q! K0 T5 K9 iA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."" y5 n& s+ q; H- k
7 d: ?0 t* x1 z9 v9 t9 XAnd 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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1 n# A$ @1 j) h6 I- CAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.( H2 r' _) w4 W. T2 y4 C. h
# B/ G1 [" `/ pChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."1 L2 I: D) ]' V6 K
& p- m" E) R1 Q EThe fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.
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. Z& Z6 | k* B1 Q0 B4 m5 L4 CBy 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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8 k2 I$ n, O1 e% V, QAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.; }, ]* b$ [: N" L" Z1 k
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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.' g3 c$ @7 `2 S' N; U, \; n
+ q8 v. m5 _; H! j"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.; c- l4 U6 @* N7 P/ P
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The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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# k" T+ s- }$ G* IHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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It 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.
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$ V8 ?( z* e0 [A spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.! V8 L, U& c5 l! e A
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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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8 U' `' ]' u" k4 }) ?8 gCanadian 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.0 V! ?. j! q1 O# _7 H
+ F5 Q+ n# V/ Z5 g" q0 [3 _Fires 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. ~3 D" e5 D7 S. F0 J, `5 B& y
, A0 o0 K9 M3 J% x9 nHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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