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! q# F4 y% g' f2 F- L3 uA 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.
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Fire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed., t4 x( m, i$ X' F
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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."8 c0 {9 g9 A5 N' B" ]* i
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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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/ M. ?( g! g" `% d0 K) Y1 G" c"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."! Q3 T$ s& s& Y
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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.", O$ ]0 Y4 U% S3 l) r0 J& J
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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