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4 U' U) `7 n8 V5 k4 dFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.
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3 {( a2 O7 a ] s+ qThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition." a( ^2 [6 g1 M1 t
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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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9 A* R A0 Q* P( T- OThe 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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/ b" X! [" W/ @Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.) P9 L; P8 ^4 a+ _1 q! f, }4 x
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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.8 b! `& g* J0 i7 A7 x/ S/ u
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.! l5 I0 i# `- I* Z, w. v
: a" E( \, n4 K& x, z1 W. }Chris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."
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The fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.7 W2 A4 ^1 w7 E/ K% r' B; s+ k
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By 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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7 c o: L3 s* l- E4 [Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.; r: E7 C6 n. P$ E/ _4 B2 X) z
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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.
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5 J7 K, O2 m8 F$ G0 {1 ^* c"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.
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! q6 f d* g% JThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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. b* E- D# F5 j1 b% Z1 G; kHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.# {& U* C! {) N5 W# x
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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.& c, `7 f: x) G
2 k5 V* ?- F9 MA spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.
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' r7 S0 {' x, D% }8 @The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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Canadian 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.# p0 ]/ @" w, X1 j$ j
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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.# [! _' [0 R( g! b* N5 M
, d g3 M5 K# Y8 }% dHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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