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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.) [: y6 L" x# S0 |( J/ q1 S8 Q
* W' g, O) ~0 p; P. SFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.
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"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."
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, t! B5 R& i/ P" A0 R& pWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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- ~ u' M. g7 Y' M) ~, r7 d0 z; I9 K"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."' A( ^; ^; D2 i9 K4 a
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.6 |/ c# A# T6 | h7 f5 \
- j( ^+ f0 ?/ f: r. g6 t) H; Q. b"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."% ^0 } V9 Z, ]
H4 n) }, m d$ l0 B# k3 w% Z6 eToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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