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A 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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- t: R0 w; {* c, `1 KFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed." e7 m+ ?% ^$ D/ T+ ~
. H% U8 }% J% A. d4 p: r& ?' L5 \, z"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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Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.( H& v5 b+ i" b1 M/ f O8 C! M$ ?
- H4 Y D" m2 u1 U"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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5 G0 Y1 [. w# T/ C8 P A+ s. m"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."2 ?; U7 L3 b9 N4 i5 x; r
' p+ c( v# V( {. L" B iToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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