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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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4 V% e, f; q& J/ Z2 c7 r9 mFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.
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' z9 Y; ^* |/ o2 ]"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.". ~; H9 P7 r" w' G: p
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( W& Q4 [) o1 }+ Y9 q6 N8 JWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.+ A8 h* A$ l) G) G: H
+ u0 T; |* r( Q6 ?# o9 f+ i I"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."* Y$ d N0 x$ X( B1 w8 ~0 y
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Wilson 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."7 [! r$ y1 l. l
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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