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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.6 W$ ?6 B) x; l/ Z. V
/ u! h7 E2 r! K: Q" G- M; gAround 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.
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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.
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# I. }& q( F. q: ~ W" R4 |"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."
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4 R* l/ V k/ M x1 z G/ q0 rWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.4 a% }" d* A& U
. T$ N( [7 n7 H: _) O4 H/ Y2 M"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."
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2 z5 B$ A j5 Q) y# nWilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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"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."( t8 m0 r& ]. _3 `4 y' I4 r
0 F7 e* L. @; }/ S, C) P% S6 _! G( WToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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