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9 ^ `, F9 ?% BA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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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.( ?( I0 {5 }# Y8 e3 h
/ i) |# E0 w9 @# H, VFire 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."
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& b/ |+ P2 {" K6 M5 F. [Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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+ c' _) M: z/ C0 P"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.
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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 Z& N ]7 s" ~/ R0 X+ ~9 ?+ NToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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