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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.+ k. r8 [! R2 V6 ]) u1 z4 f1 H
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Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.: g% t; a7 p9 ]# z+ `) \& D' s
/ H' Y8 y# Q0 V( P$ D/ Q1 SOne 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.
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0 h& Y) C7 F9 b/ zThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released. k9 {7 ]$ O* {) P7 s. _8 `, J
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement., U! f; C4 z& z
7 r. e v; T& Z6 E8 V0 N5 ^; [7 R: \Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.
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) z; ^1 ?4 a7 xA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."+ t9 F* ]) A% R# U
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And 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.; o4 s* X! c D o
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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2 P: E. b: W0 b8 nChris 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.. r5 [7 T; J! j
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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.$ ?1 h% y& I, F1 t z& ^7 S
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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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# p' r" o8 [9 S) F+ t! c" D9 xThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.8 v4 h5 @1 k4 A: j9 u
- K$ _9 K0 q5 P"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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The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.8 n% I: a Y Z$ |0 D/ E4 x) ]1 R
' j. W4 |4 w2 G# y9 c n% p7 U2 xHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands., u I7 ^& ~4 ^# P
. p! N& D- f# V% W$ U- x! u& eIt 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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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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3 `2 J- G5 |% x, UThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org./ _7 ^' @" s3 o+ ^$ K w9 d
! a3 d( |; K! m7 qCanadian 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.! Y- B, r. D$ p- H, {* a( B
& \6 R0 y% J3 N4 z9 LFires 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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