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2 X: q, L$ {) WFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.6 ]3 L9 I6 \: v& |# u* b
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Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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, x& M- x5 e8 nOne 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.! @4 l4 U6 s8 ?. q
( l% d$ P# @& ~1 s0 u& Z1 e" FThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.! Q; x/ k& j$ d6 f
+ N* v9 [+ _: `! ?4 Z' j0 P$ q# b! B"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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! L9 l' M6 M' y3 T, }( WReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.
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/ V: J( X3 I$ z2 B( IA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."! @1 Y* w# k+ n6 D2 n3 }
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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.
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.3 a5 U8 Y- ?2 W l" a6 [
/ E$ L! E" {2 A( }2 ~Chris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."; b- ?$ t# D. ~% e" `3 e
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The 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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% `% v/ S5 V; vAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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5 e7 _% d; _! CThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.9 Y4 e r- }7 S8 T* I# e
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"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.+ B* \+ g5 d8 C8 ?
9 F& }& l' j- d8 b% l+ S/ ]$ ?* GThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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9 v2 v% {* \8 @% Q# j3 ^Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.( Z- P, f7 j3 h' z
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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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! u' b2 J/ r) P( |3 r0 t6 \1 uA spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.0 a. V9 z9 o# S$ {
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The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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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.
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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.2 X/ @* X7 R+ Z% s" S
! J: }9 T, X% E! ^- W$ l& [/ aHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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