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, E+ Y M' p6 ]# t7 A% A1 DA 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.
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"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."5 a+ L! D7 b) w% j) Q. f
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# E e& X* t. o* I! \8 K9 v% ]0 m t3 TWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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"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."
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( X; B2 F! Y) k4 h7 N, P% L"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."5 K; f h2 t( l- ~% j' g
, Y; f/ A# s9 |7 {: H1 q. HToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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