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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.4 ?# n: Y4 [. W6 x8 e
' U6 a [3 N; ~; b( \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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1 [7 S+ F$ \' B: a' v+ \2 t( IFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.1 y% G" v' ^" j$ R
( [4 m- z, f+ y( ]8 A9 G' B4 ]; e2 Y4 O"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.", \/ E( ^7 ?7 N2 q [! I
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4 c9 O6 F7 R! o( q) ^' jWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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"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."& E9 @0 s$ C1 {& {( b5 [8 N
8 [& M7 s: E$ Y" K' d* eWilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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"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."
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! v" L; F& u" V) K7 h CToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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