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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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2 r& \# u6 w$ V" IThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.( s; A3 o; \" |; T) S6 n8 K- c
! R2 o1 u) j9 ^6 V$ oOne 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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- M" z. _+ U& p- Z/ J+ Z( xThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.. I9 b+ [) m. q8 }
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.+ M4 ?0 p) J7 J# Y; m. m0 V' k
+ {' l5 G2 x0 X2 h- u; J3 ~Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.+ F' R7 x# {" x1 L1 d! ]
0 G' D4 d) T8 \2 p0 ?. oA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."0 c/ @/ h3 A! K: L
% j0 N4 J& 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.* v1 p7 z: v7 U) l; c; Q
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.& ^: P8 [8 c& O4 U5 E) h$ ?3 P H' {
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Chris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage.": K0 x _. m `
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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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; r& C8 d% j" f! z. VBy 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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4 _* e* g! x+ J) Y* |& X. G' K: xAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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' p1 X; W# p1 J3 X+ |1 U J: DThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.
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9 p6 g5 Z! D& W! Y U9 u9 s"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.
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/ }" Q* N$ Y0 `" v3 `( q& xHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.0 h- d% ]4 f& T+ Q: a4 Y
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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.' n2 }( i0 y' _9 j* s4 u
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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.- z# h: [* J% F% i
: R/ O0 J( \; A6 r4 p. W( r9 HThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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4 I6 a2 X* m$ I9 n. f) g1 ACanadian 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.6 G4 K% l+ }) z* Y
5 v7 P) V, b1 ]$ f0 ^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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