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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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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.8 `9 @$ \" M7 q% O. I- o
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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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, l! e+ @! m, @"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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8 |/ v# ^, n4 o& ?Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.* k9 b. E; m" \9 D" c; K% D
$ `5 J6 n, `/ C' j5 [) [# l"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."5 Z" Z% F2 ~: F% v8 r
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.6 s7 v$ J T( N' u/ E8 I; O
* w2 l1 B0 E* q4 `4 l"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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) {0 b a: c( J7 b2 C OToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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