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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.0 l5 _# P: D* [
7 R1 w2 C0 {3 YThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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! X0 Y C7 T% p3 c, c5 S6 D0 f7 v' hOne 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.! N+ x2 w0 H) B2 U g; z( A& b
- u; x0 b! c0 Q5 D% j"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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3 \1 A* f) _ I# U LReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.# a0 ?, v0 A! K; B) y' J
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A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."
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; Z% T4 b& d T$ P6 U' @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. d# ~7 l. X9 y" }' \% q" {
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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5 T7 U1 ? O$ E# ^3 }# M: Q. 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.9 n* K j8 Q6 F9 B }! [
; d( ~! l3 u: |5 a# X4 _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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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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# K R! I( q: Y7 h5 y: fThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.
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8 @! T6 W- ]6 n% B) c& y. u% A6 m. X"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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* }8 M8 n' _- w# [2 z7 PThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.# k* H9 [: @/ z5 s
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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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.
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0 V y3 Y8 s5 RA 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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The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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- a% m7 e7 G, \, p- G; WCanadian 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./ m0 O* g. `$ a: `3 F/ B, {
0 x3 V5 _6 X7 Q& g3 W0 Y k- [0 K KHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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