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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. S6 I" h- Q s& S: j9 H
7 ]5 q; M8 ~' ^2 b/ g- z# @; W2 CThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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0 l5 I! n$ M' h3 u9 F' EOne 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.. z" C9 }6 k+ _2 L! a
2 w6 C1 k$ j7 q* f) ~3 p7 l0 QThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.- L% ]0 N# D0 z$ x9 I) S8 R( u/ n
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.5 H2 {0 J. U/ k! r" k+ v S
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Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.& s0 U% ~3 l. `3 t/ y
% \% n, t8 f; l% ]A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary.", f. J9 T, M& h; H) t; _
% S1 J) P' ~7 z4 W, h0 aAnd 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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3 C& g8 F- y) X' O$ nAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.# S- F& p, }) w) |4 _) O
: t2 N0 l: x3 c- [$ lChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."
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4 j& \: ?5 [ g* r# RThe fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.! y0 Q7 E" H8 c' y, Q i4 ~! {4 [
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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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" b- J! f( N, x9 YAir 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./ x% J: T" p8 q4 b
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"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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; V; N2 s5 ^6 a8 A6 QThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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+ I3 W; P3 ^& w" oHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.9 m8 b8 X. f/ n
7 r" [9 D( u" ~, ]& N( m% vIt 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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, |1 q) P1 z& A# R4 B8 p6 nA spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.4 G# {5 p9 Q! g
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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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9 ^8 v0 ~! r) O9 Q2 \7 O" rCanadian 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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( e7 i& i% q# c8 c% @0 uFires 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.$ }" K. q5 B5 ^8 N
7 X& O4 N5 K l) B8 YHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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