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CALGARY - A fire has halted operations at one of Suncor Energy's two oilsands upgraders north of Fort McMurray, the company said Tuesday. 
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No one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.) j) d7 |$ y% }" p2 ~* z 
 
$ J! A1 |1 i' ?2 Z( x) {' ]The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.5 z* O6 r& W8 y6 s3 m 
 
2 r/ {) ?. U) f5 P: p; @7 D) C# J5 gSuncor has been plagued by a series fires at its oilsands operations in the past five months, suffering three fires since October in the upgraders which convert bitumen into synthetic crude oil.9 h1 r7 }2 S( s. B/ Y7 v! M 
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident. 
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |   
 
 
 
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