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( [1 ^5 _: C2 E4 JA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.: l2 v8 l. Z, Y( e: z; [" Y
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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.
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; Q! s- |& v; L( ?Fire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.% K7 ]! c* t' A7 ?
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"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." j: v" Z, B5 v" s7 j" F* n
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Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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5 g5 v9 D7 H3 Q"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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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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S: g" M/ @& j4 _"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."
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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