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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.$ s5 [* U2 p3 E G, }7 b$ D' \
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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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' w$ G# U: z4 lFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.
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2 ~1 Y6 C7 r7 R"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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1 _; ~6 n' O& A8 x2 ~5 D6 fWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.8 `! u: z- ^5 P% w' W9 r
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"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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) [ @. ]! X4 u# v' s! r zWilson 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."
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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