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X, F' s% R5 r. E( n% xFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.! w: u7 h3 ~5 S% b v& O# ]/ E: {
" [0 x( t' x% [- Q" O8 U: SThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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' w7 j2 K4 [1 @* ~; ?, ]* oOne 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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- g1 J) r9 l- M% _9 RThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.0 o3 \( O I' L% f4 D+ @
7 \0 `) I4 [- ?: s4 G"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.& Q/ _7 a0 q) `. ^& R
! [6 Y* V' I! ? O& a+ QReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.$ H `% O3 j: y, O& T
4 T. I& F$ p* E0 b D' a) iA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."
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$ T u/ p4 J4 F$ ]3 Z- QAnd 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.2 q. [! Q3 U2 X' }6 O, N8 ]. k& a
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.. v1 a1 P8 f0 y5 l% y3 r$ o
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Chris 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.( L- B" K( C! d
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By 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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# B' s* @3 N. x& T8 ^, gAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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; V/ A% W9 N% f, Q* A1 ?! {0 g4 RThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.
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0 P$ n' Z3 F1 y# W! K Z' d8 L1 r, `"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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The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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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./ B" H F1 a3 ?& t" f: B# D
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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.
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( W" C( r1 y& P" p- xThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.4 L z+ K( j2 }: ~0 n
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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.8 G( c9 I3 F! E( ^& i4 B) a/ W
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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.# M, H# r4 u M c1 I) e- p
2 j$ {2 H1 J/ rHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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