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( Z2 x! `+ W* K1 W% X" S5 p# NFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray., ^0 l" ^' h" O: k g
Z' h9 h' t6 WThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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% t# L* [' v( QOne 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.) }- x6 d; ^6 y3 P, Z
; F: T/ N- C7 ZThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.
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! Q8 M0 c/ o/ I"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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Reports 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.+ ]4 w6 U4 S4 }( u/ N4 b
6 r: X. U( Y# ?8 w% J- ]- z ~+ lAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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: u! p( f/ T8 S7 B* lChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."9 _( Q8 k* E+ C/ e
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The fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.
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; b2 A7 f$ r9 y/ @( ?' tBy 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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The Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.
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$ n# I9 }$ n0 g: m8 D"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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The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.2 v/ N# Y; Z* i% p$ }
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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3 y/ X+ }+ V$ m, m8 c, _% GIt 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.( s1 N0 Q: ?) ^3 `# T
( @, r" b; ^, u8 o; vA 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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! _/ F4 k! H# Z( @* sThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.6 X. x5 k8 h- C6 U$ Z6 e
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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. @' Y: q1 Z$ n& Q2 M9 p& Z7 H4 K
7 m7 ~4 ^: d2 w9 b9 X4 jFires 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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* _# @9 R, Q" r" z" XHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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