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Four people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.4 k' Y5 ]0 k5 D% v6 L
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Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.- f# m6 ^. B# [2 n3 E2 t8 F, X
3 E @7 \& a: Y5 v3 LOne 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.5 e0 J2 P: e4 c2 I
! L' {0 a" n JThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.1 | X& P' B0 q& G7 d
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.# h5 g2 p7 u4 A8 `) @! U
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Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m. ~: F$ h0 o" c* u
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A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."% @( w+ ~* k" u! V
* Q% F6 r. D$ ^6 R- a* k' Z' }And 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.
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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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.
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- N+ Y' Z, g u. nBy 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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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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4 v/ u$ L) }1 i+ c' {0 {* }The Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.# P2 d5 l9 ^; Q
0 q7 {4 j) U) V" [! j H"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.) E* X% F1 `. i
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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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; ?# _9 Y; J! O* l5 a" G5 {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.2 T) i* Z+ x, n# E3 L
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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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7 ^% M0 b# ~5 }# T; t$ W MThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.+ ~& m9 X d/ Q! r+ _1 Y# g
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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.
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$ {3 Q/ h0 L0 g; H6 mFires 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.4 M3 V7 V: b% g" n
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Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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