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Four people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.1 T" j0 G/ {9 Y6 q
" f' b/ G' a! a5 ]; D' z- n1 kThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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& s4 A9 u1 j" S. C) t! s( G7 FOne 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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The fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.# z2 ?( |% m- ^. d
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.7 V3 h) k0 e- S, ]5 {1 c0 s& P
0 M; g; A# d1 PReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.
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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.
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8 b/ A( E7 d) Z }( gAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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Chris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage.") P; |7 S# G' o, d4 `7 [! v% q
0 T1 J. k0 ^7 c f5 } Z- ZThe fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.' |' i8 h5 b: i" m% W
9 L$ m# C; h" j" ~+ ~! IBy 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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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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/ `" ]' J( j3 t4 c, A# F' {The Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.# ~/ G6 Z6 j, N% l0 [5 s3 {; M
9 e* q7 S; S. T" j# n( W7 j"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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& G6 n) E/ W$ s8 F, gThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.% H6 L6 z" x& A/ Z; g" o
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.2 ]1 a5 w. p4 p5 f" K- N7 ]
; [' _ A: T. g: d/ m3 |& p/ MIt 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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A spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.3 K3 R; y% c- K( E6 w: _+ e1 Q, \0 Q9 y K% a
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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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* P& s4 ?# x# B" ^: F, \/ GCanadian 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.
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3 a3 a/ g5 X3 P* h8 e% b9 @Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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