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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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2 ` Q1 V% t7 f' s3 t* `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., D3 Z7 g* Z! n3 g r4 y } H
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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./ A t3 v/ x5 t! w0 X
: \. Z0 m, M1 X. J9 j9 j"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."! T! P- `$ k. y) M
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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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"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."0 v6 ~+ e' a9 d, w0 s# P
; G( X" b) ^% u0 ]Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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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."
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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