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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.1 L8 ^8 ^" I- f# T7 s# ]2 @" T- E( g
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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./ b# g+ E% z5 c9 I* ~' z; L- |
' |8 P: b% ^. S8 m% a7 W( AFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.
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* E8 V# u4 A8 R$ \"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."$ K: T( ^0 E$ b/ t
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Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.2 \' N& S( B% M$ _
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"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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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire." [/ s9 `. V" r/ b. p( K& P' b, M* T
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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.") R; @* j5 l' G; {1 U/ g
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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