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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. s# u' N5 X% t% M$ V% t/ t. h7 q
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Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.5 R% J7 \4 N1 f8 j
( | V6 H' d+ T! Z5 ]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.+ C. s. S4 d% K5 W6 z8 }
* y( r N a( u% Z1 h R3 V7 AThe 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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3 w, N& _# Z# j) S# r }& J, Q$ T) PReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.: Y$ w3 I" E- Y5 p
+ v: @$ R& |4 ]1 y C" NA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary.": O; Y1 U, k& q; j" \
& [) p E' T6 s; h' hAnd 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./ R2 E% D9 Z* f* K+ \
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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& E" M! G6 ?5 y j/ y2 \, o8 @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.
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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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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.# c8 z% v' c- k9 w" `; k
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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./ y6 m S# o- \+ G5 h
! s. k' x! d( P5 N5 |"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.# t& `" d& U0 Z* ]( r* y
8 R7 I" q! n0 z6 z" h+ X$ oThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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! ~9 z* @. i, `4 y* q" qHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.8 n# ^$ U" v2 z6 \# X- j$ I
4 \: g2 r6 j. b1 `' r" O+ ]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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7 @: _6 A! M/ Q7 u2 U# l7 nA 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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The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.2 t9 M' `( u- }$ n( f) F- ^( ^
/ }" g0 G! m) w4 F' sCanadian 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.
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Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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