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' i6 W' F3 L/ _, {8 W' ?& b' QA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.2 T+ B) Q& i! \8 Y1 g4 u5 Q
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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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! d2 j6 a9 f3 K7 y* U' }Fire 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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Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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7 Q5 A' S' E" |"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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" l2 H7 D' y/ p+ t6 D! Z"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."/ k5 ^! S- D5 P! Q7 J
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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