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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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" ~4 \) Q- S4 ~) wThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition./ H# t& e p4 l4 v% @
. l( q5 {1 a/ I& A7 P: ^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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; @; b9 L5 p- |/ f' o/ K QThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.3 i4 s8 P% p$ o$ o
) H- e% i6 U0 n( d! \$ b"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.; K0 n+ }) L: e c* ?8 F2 ^6 v
, t( l( g/ k6 oReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.
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3 D$ b* U: n9 i, g" OA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."1 Y7 H8 q+ h( N0 Y: G& G. R: Q2 j
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And 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.( [6 }# y& D w
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.* W" V' A; b6 s& M- _" J
( o' ]/ O" z0 ?/ t6 D/ D. ^6 zChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."
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The fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.. T! c5 m/ [& y6 T; @1 @% u' z
& `8 T `' O7 r, ]* O* u& FBy 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 S; d5 E5 t* X" }, P5 s+ B, fAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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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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"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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" B$ o+ W, z HThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.4 o5 B4 m, u+ l: \6 r
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Horizon 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.& f# \4 L' L9 ^, X$ d! w- i+ H9 L
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A spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.& q. P: l, z7 Z( [6 y" _# S! a
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The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.6 F4 a7 W% W: e4 Z+ O( P
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Canadian 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.
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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.) t" R! P2 Q9 N# p( d, P# C
0 Q$ v6 c1 X, x" G! b6 o7 w7 K- YHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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