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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon. z; y+ d1 W5 w! ]) A3 o
' m) Y# C' X3 r: x0 TAround 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.
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, @2 s7 s4 v7 r) {# E+ yFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.
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3 _7 Q/ V% @$ u6 ]' y* q+ q" L"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."( V. {9 }& ?' }
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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.". ?$ x3 k" U+ ~& Q1 X) C- @) Z+ ~2 s
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.5 l8 N7 {& b% g' r" N( }6 U; {# }
$ [& z1 d" Q" a' U/ O W"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."- E" {; o/ {' l7 O4 c& _
1 R2 u9 l* h+ ]* B5 KToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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