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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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7 J% Z7 e2 d7 f- nThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.2 P& o& x% \+ x4 q& C* k0 _
3 ?1 T; p& X& R' a' h4 IOne 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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8 d4 W; r& u9 Y3 L3 `) wThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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2 I) u: P/ |# ]Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.
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A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."
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% j+ {# l# _/ U5 |/ kAnd 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.0 Q- T# {9 X J5 [6 @
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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% T8 E* w' Y, nChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."3 ]& k& X0 l. o/ ^) _
9 x; r2 W8 ]0 qThe fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.3 ], I3 J) |% O9 G7 j$ l% O
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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./ J' j5 u4 M; F5 j- w! N2 A
1 D" N; V& u$ H2 N0 S8 R ^Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday., t+ Q/ _1 \! l# p* v
( u7 O1 b7 z; ~' @6 cThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.
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5 M. f2 P9 K( p% v7 d* ~"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.: ]$ \. _* @* T+ Y) Z
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The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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# `8 O* c( a2 R! Z: SIt 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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+ ]5 M" r8 s" e7 R/ \4 s& HA 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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2 v' I# e. ?/ D7 J% u" JThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.* W7 ~+ a0 v* C4 ~; N
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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.2 s! Y5 I6 `1 K2 J3 Z
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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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$ _! p% f' a5 i7 P1 dHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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