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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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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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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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+ }2 n8 P+ D3 Q/ n! g) B4 ~"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." s8 P: E: j3 s
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Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.5 M* `+ _+ v. b
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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.". A8 n- x& l1 S. I7 a& B
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" O0 N: w) v# K"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.": F( j9 U1 y& f5 g2 I1 H% H- r6 Z
7 g) h. I8 t9 p7 b' m9 }- y9 h: P, b. lToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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