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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.. u( {4 U+ H" M* W
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Around 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.( H O5 i+ w" Z/ Y
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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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5 G# Q8 F1 b2 B3 K8 s"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."& n6 Z' J9 @! ]+ y9 U
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) E) f3 X# B# ~6 |8 E2 o- h! TWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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/ r% \3 L9 f H9 |! K: b"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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" ~6 I; Q }3 J1 ^. nWilson adds one person was injured in the fire.- x0 j6 R& ^3 v+ M: Z4 Q# r2 H7 M+ X
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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."' L4 j! X( Z# U# H- \
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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