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q/ Y- R4 ~' @& s1 IA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.. t h: V' A% b; A! _5 K: P
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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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4 O5 t& K$ z' d. e1 S6 b5 @9 M% C. lFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.; ?" F4 u+ k) ~* E
. f& C: V: n) Y+ Q7 i E"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."0 u Y9 u0 R$ s8 C1 U# n5 @) E
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Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.! j& \8 {& R! F$ B# f2 h, k
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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."
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1 p5 V& H9 q( [: O0 C! _. AWilson adds one person was injured in the fire.) F/ v- P5 C2 A# z3 J
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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."0 U2 D4 L: c2 u7 O0 i, {
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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