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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.
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Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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2 {2 R) C: D! [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.# U0 z8 i; g8 s6 l" J
; q" d, C2 Z* z! FThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.6 E7 P" Q7 s8 f3 N- |* ]# R
0 u; f7 W7 x6 a1 M h9 f" L( O7 T"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.
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A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."5 c% L+ m) Z' }4 o
" M" {( r4 B4 d( K, gAnd 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.1 n- C y5 W2 E, c; H4 ~( B
3 V/ W4 u, i, g0 L( }# }, D( nAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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0 }! t/ a, i( U' JChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage." f5 H) G& s! m9 }
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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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2 V* u% `/ ]. X7 p3 e; sBy 7 p.m., the fuel source of the fire had been isolated and the fire was contained to the coker area., f1 a8 K1 I2 q' [7 M
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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.: U. Q" q+ }/ x6 X7 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.
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0 Z- N: Z+ u! V4 y"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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# k5 i, E8 S' T8 X+ T; Y: u# wThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.2 ]" A9 C8 k# s; q# c
2 [: {: o. M% h% t) PHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.: a$ }; I1 e7 k
' x$ s) x8 T* W! I! F; c% HIt 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.8 \# D" q' S% x/ F6 m; a
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A 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.
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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.9 ?% Z) w. [6 e4 M
' E- b+ C3 x+ GFires 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.4 L0 O# @5 |1 f& M8 B0 \ }
" o! e0 o& R2 ]* {. m+ K' GHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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