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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.
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' Z8 v4 Z0 v# r* d' yThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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4 M: S5 B7 K f4 `8 M2 rOne 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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/ y8 v$ y8 f: \The fourth was treated on scene and was to be released./ u" M) Q( @1 n" s7 V4 v
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.$ p( L. ~3 R: L! A' J- y
U) |5 r* G4 d: n9 B+ mReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.
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1 ^& W! p$ G8 F- FA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."$ R# b {, r; X8 c
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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.( J- @. T! {9 W
V; w) l& M# P. M( V4 C* qAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.; }: |6 Z! J0 C+ p% T" ?2 B
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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.3 o& e: d7 T0 c. g4 n7 i/ |
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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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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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$ @8 u) ]0 _% A8 N$ X" rThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.; `0 I4 s. t# P& B3 h
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"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.8 v4 K- I6 c% W; A6 t7 W( M
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands. }2 w8 A7 L/ M" a- J. l
2 i, @3 Z, R9 _ S+ D" jIt 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.
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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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" y, S1 K. B' kThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.' A1 e8 `7 N; `; v. A# f7 U
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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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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.
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$ n- k! ]9 q5 N# |Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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