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* W9 g+ Z7 v& Z0 JFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.
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Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.9 F& r6 H$ G* @7 }
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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.
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% S K q$ k* ^% G! T6 w7 `The fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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# m; |0 E7 ?- M5 E& IReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.' ]! k `" \3 j& v
( a! {( y1 Y& w8 x) d8 uA 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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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.8 e. a/ A. \: S& J: j' x
; O, [3 `- F6 c# bChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."
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; R. Q8 |4 w- G: oThe fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.
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7 q1 g* ~8 ]7 n6 W. y) FBy 7 p.m., the fuel source of the fire had been isolated and the fire was contained to the coker area.- f8 ^: | P7 y% {" L1 k. }
2 r: n$ Z! u: _) v% r8 WAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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. r4 c( e, M0 V' E! n3 r2 DThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.
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' z6 F. `0 m9 q+ L* w6 }7 O"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.6 n6 W- P& I& p2 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. P# e/ s4 p+ v0 P8 B. v
; m" z3 z$ I" b7 g/ c; jA 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.3 g& s* i" f" R3 A1 s
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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.
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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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! M/ f1 E+ ^) W1 d! h( M6 H6 b. VHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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