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- |/ w8 Z+ l, K4 gFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.! `6 _; }$ ?9 b/ e, M
7 \ d. Z5 a S/ Q$ CThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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! R) ^' N& r5 D& H' H# kOne 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.6 R: o1 ?6 ^! j7 ^5 \
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The fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement. S2 @5 K8 o5 E7 I; u
( `/ R! L$ i2 wReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.$ Y6 g6 d2 @6 Y) O' z7 ~9 s
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A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."
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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., f# a1 Y" d7 T X) K
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.+ E5 L1 |( w2 N$ K
7 y5 P( Y+ a) Z' ?- G" ^0 ]Chris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."
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! R. P3 T2 ?- `. e& _8 PThe fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.
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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.5 \+ A9 r# U1 c' }- R' S5 y( m
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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.6 r d; a( d; L8 P m, T& Q
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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.' A- R& X2 M/ Y1 w
2 s. P! X4 k0 C9 e$ r' S! f$ E"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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1 R1 h% h7 T$ D# yThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.. b0 K2 \2 ?2 d) l1 G! z* `9 d! j
& b$ W$ \$ y4 Z' n% H8 \* nIt 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.; F+ I, D) u6 _: o4 ^/ {2 `' b( b
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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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% ^1 b" S; o& K# W$ c9 S+ | cThe 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.
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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.& D, B; R- ?$ T) u1 C: K& Q ?' R
( _+ C" `8 ]3 B, AHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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