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7 o" E" |. `" [( BFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.5 Y# H, Z2 v% l& E {9 {
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Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.4 R5 K q; z% v$ R% r( p
5 ]: J o2 X6 x ~- }, lOne 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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- z; i4 p3 j. N# ^The fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.! K" I: _/ e9 k- ]' g$ w- i5 Y* n
. ]' ~; p# i2 S9 i2 a- |4 q"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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8 L" z t) j. w9 _, {/ X0 J2 VA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."9 c7 u- a& \; o7 Z I. ^
' _/ l4 @+ i/ E- u1 |; D( `. n+ ZAnd 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.5 G% q3 {) \& f
# X; a) m7 }% `$ `' \. X! RAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.+ U7 ` v/ G P/ _# B$ W
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Chris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."" p. V% J$ b) l5 h
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The fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.9 g/ X8 n1 O0 o4 |& i, }( ]6 P% E' h
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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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( g3 \& Q+ ?) ?- ]$ ~8 EAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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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 b$ S8 I; B/ l4 a1 y) e- g"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.7 b# H) y n2 [ M- y
8 ^9 \$ _ m8 a6 ^: \% TThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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9 N i+ R' ?$ V- t- w$ C, ?$ tHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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( A5 p( f! Q8 s* O3 S! R/ U6 h2 N- R! \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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' x2 y" N0 ?& u! m" ^A spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.3 e# w* n9 O& r7 K1 K+ z! H
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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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2 d. {0 c% F$ ~, z) y) MCanadian 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.8 W6 N7 ^) u. }, F4 J' H
8 [3 u- R/ a* [ O. Y1 V3 wFires 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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9 p; N( l+ m4 p& V" U! L, M$ NHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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