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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./ Y" m% ~% Y/ Z1 f+ Q# ~
0 t; E1 f) g' z. c, hThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.! c. {: S! ]( ~8 d X
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One 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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The fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.7 B" V% }+ F' E9 \
% h6 {4 U0 A% g' {+ e5 @ C"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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/ M/ J! N8 u: c. V; J0 mReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.4 X8 o; q9 V" q( U- g
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A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."8 y3 f& A) g E
- z) ^9 o I2 Z4 D u3 c8 v5 E1 }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.: i% e0 e- n, q" E8 N; `
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Chris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."9 {: t5 w9 O" F! u( ~
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The fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.' F& U; A4 B1 H ?% Z8 f+ L$ ^: N
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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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. t$ V! L0 h3 t* I( C& LAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.+ R% s$ x' o: d
, j9 K; M1 x& b3 [1 p( qThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.
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- u0 \% n1 A5 ~. @! `- B"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.
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The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.. i5 x9 q* G6 C
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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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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0 T: d& k; U" _( S" s" ]4 eA 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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, {6 T/ S; ~- s# K# |The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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( z: G0 ?9 N7 p( F, D5 v5 kCanadian 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.6 X) A5 W% }% |& m6 m
, D: s% s9 `7 N5 E/ n( C9 BFires 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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4 L: `) c5 O: x1 [Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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