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& W! r9 Z4 z o8 bFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.1 C2 C8 w# B7 L* d4 F
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Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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) t0 E& x9 r# `) yOne 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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; t" j( y7 D+ Z: rThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.
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; U0 N( R% k! X"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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( Y- p. Q6 G( l% A5 g- B0 gReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.- I2 U+ [# \- H: }; }6 y/ _
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A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."
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And 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. i; q/ H7 {0 x9 [
8 X+ a& P1 A% M1 iAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.! C8 s3 F1 r+ Q: m" U) L
6 W7 G [2 O1 j/ hChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."* M% b* ^6 V5 b. ]( Y5 T: v+ _
( b- e! g+ L. @$ C% H3 U6 nThe fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.
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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.
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) h$ Z8 Z9 d- f/ y, ZAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.% G4 O5 d( w7 T( @
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The Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.3 N) Z5 G. M, o3 E- E/ q s
- l) {8 V3 D, n& W"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.# Q3 B3 L! y( K% n: V8 |5 M
- F1 K& [( ^' t9 w3 ~" U3 ^The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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3 S7 O# x/ j% o5 j4 R c# M, S) ~Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.$ C) X9 V! [1 {! e% y3 S8 \
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It 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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3 a4 r3 {& r8 y5 u- u' N( J) \+ jA 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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$ J& W% {. o% X6 l3 LThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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5 d* _3 N/ v" A2 \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.
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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., T) P5 n0 M q( `8 ~/ ?( r9 h
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Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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