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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.4 z9 B( ]( l) G s7 _; ?6 S
2 m1 y' I4 F, ?3 w; ?# v, yThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.; H" L4 W; w4 `- O4 U+ Y; }
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One 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.. T7 |% P: u, B; g5 Y, Z
. t5 {# L$ @; A6 p8 vThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.4 ^5 t a. s. ^' ^
8 a9 ?3 j. L% _"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.: w7 J: X) q6 n8 M& k
7 h5 K( G) N9 yA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."# A: u: M4 @0 o6 g6 y) g
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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.& S+ H1 R4 `% L' e! y' j( ~- Z/ L
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.: H. G. f: N; }/ f+ B* I
# B# M5 @* h& y% x% W2 |2 ?$ R, P6 mChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."
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The fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.3 }+ B& u9 c2 D& {0 m3 i6 L
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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.
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$ X: D! h/ B6 p. b/ D4 N# cAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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" Y1 P" A" v, c6 Y) C. D; B; X* i$ lThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.
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% ^+ g) P- n) p% |- g"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.1 a/ I+ K+ p, y5 K( m
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The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.9 s% H1 o3 U' W$ a" o; Y+ W% u
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.& a j2 ]- I3 @! p2 B
U% _; G; f2 s# @It 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.. v6 ^$ ]6 _& E, Z( O4 ^- {
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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.' A1 m+ A- U5 x8 w5 ^% o/ m( V
& c3 g; S; f5 ~0 U; p. V" ?0 z0 t qThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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+ h( H* e/ N/ x2 K3 hCanadian 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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% E5 E/ n+ ^9 [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.0 {$ C% p' c" V: }5 M9 C% {
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Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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