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3 J' ^- l' f# z$ Z2 [( |A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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Around 2:25 p.m., Edmonton Fire Rescue received two 911 calls to 50th Street and 67th Avenue. One was reporting a fire, the other reporting that someone had been injured at the same location.
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Fire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.' X# r& r, F$ }" I; |$ Z2 d
# M1 r( h0 Z8 W( d+ J& {. M"The fire took place in a room at this facility that did have some sort of flammable products stored in there," says Wilson, "and somehow, this ignited and caused a fire."4 o+ v4 J$ K& Q8 P/ h
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Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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% \5 ?$ P8 Q! R"We had eight units on scene, with about 30 firefighters," he says. "The fire was out in just under 45 minutes, and was under control in 15."& I& c' J5 k5 A4 \
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.7 d$ x& `/ P' S
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"When crews arrived there was a male who sustained some injuries during this event who was transported to U of A Hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries."$ e6 e4 O- b" F# N7 U2 n
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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