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* H2 e+ b9 s7 x- l' o8 b0 lA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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% B9 _+ S! `. X& EAround 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.* W2 |/ k0 @% M" L! z5 Z& Z
. K7 a1 k4 p* C3 v! hFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.
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& j1 n8 H' b+ s' u"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.; F! U6 I; [- A: C7 y: N ?3 Y
6 ]( |3 w7 r' r; Y: f8 R% r"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."9 H( P/ w+ A; v7 o( K0 g
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.* J, o; e* z* ^7 @
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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.". a. I) a; f- \" K: `& N
& b, W/ U/ a' l' C4 E& TToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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