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Four people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.
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( S# u# ?( @) e" S' yThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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One worker was being treated for second and third-degree burns, the most serious types. A second suffered first-degree burns, and a third person had a neck injury.
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& J$ Q8 P* i1 i0 H* L0 iThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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0 E/ y8 l+ u( [* ^% jReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m." n/ ]1 i/ S5 |' w
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A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."
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And a man whose wife works at the plant was concerned for her safety. "It is a ball of fire," said the man, who would not be named.
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5 d: j: L/ G) f) Q. L: I! jAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.( M. c3 T" K4 b; E
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Chris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."
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9 F% M4 ?# P- o# _The fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.5 b$ s7 C/ C' J
( G* W+ _. U( zBy 7 p.m., the fuel source of the fire had been isolated and the fire was contained to the coker area.
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: K# y+ O( f3 Z. L5 j4 \- w: pAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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The Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume., j# M9 F8 H2 d4 [. P+ ?% z3 S
t- K1 K5 f# \" \2 b"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.. I9 x: ?" \3 X/ T
8 P" H( m. Y; }6 \' b% jThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.4 u/ [& ?& I9 ~/ a( [" o
8 \+ h, v$ L; v' M% D( f9 W1 E+ QHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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It is impossible to gauge the impact on the company -- or how the incident might affect multibillion-dollar expansion plans for Horizon -- until the extent of the damage is known, said Michael Dunn, an analyst with FirstEnergy Capital Corp.
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f% ^; d, j& `" [5 J4 KA spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.8 @8 R/ a! R! y7 u" _/ N
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The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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2 `0 y; c5 Y) L, qCanadian Natural, Canada's No. 1 independent oil producer, said earlier Thursday that Horizon's output averaged 83,700 barrels per day in December, down 22% from November, as it shut down the upgrader's coker unit for repairs. The company said it had restarted the unit.
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Fires in the complex upgraders have been relatively frequent. Production at Suncor Energy Inc.'s oilsands project was hobbled when a fire broke out at one of its two upgraders in December 2009. A second unit was damaged in another blaze last February.7 m9 L% h8 P/ O( c% H2 ?( {- B. a
4 B; O! Q# g3 ~/ B3 Z' r3 YHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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