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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.7 Y, y# z/ w! W, T: R
2 `8 F/ e; L9 u! i1 ]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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! @( J8 r1 I# E5 t0 U; {: `* j"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."" k% M n9 t+ Z: s
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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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"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.", u5 }7 i% d C7 }3 Q, E, q
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire." y# N3 o3 }1 K C# N
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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."! a: m, m: X1 H, M
1 w% B4 E( E4 n s) MToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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