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7 D( ]$ O1 W/ U9 rA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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! w$ p, f, ~! NAround 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.) l2 A7 {2 |! p( T! ]& X
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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." k6 N4 ^4 J2 y' |4 P# s
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"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."6 Q- Z8 V- L; x9 x4 Q6 Q g e) P
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+ `0 z* Y& u! g' K- \Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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6 e' Q3 |4 R- J8 x1 F# q8 \"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."' U& `- e# X% ~
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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9 T K8 @/ n6 f"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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) q( F1 M/ ~5 D" j5 M7 N! w3 [5 RToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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