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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.! }- M3 c! y: s; T3 @& h9 b1 h
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Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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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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: V# E1 r5 O; d/ C0 xThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.
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& B+ x* Z6 L3 h/ S9 F5 ]5 r0 Q- V- v"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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5 n$ l7 A- [$ j# `/ A4 HReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.! @6 g+ G6 e* s7 \
" N* ^5 @. {. j9 B& @A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."
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- S% F% f" ?" t% M9 U3 |/ n7 c5 UAnd 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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" [* I% C. f: v0 oAlberta 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."7 l; ]' i& g1 o" w+ M, @
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The fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.- U! I$ E! j6 }6 L8 d# V
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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.9 ~) L" L8 D# r& x* Z' G
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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.4 L: X% f2 |2 U
0 _) N* G' g. Y, 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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0 @- s$ Y; g' g% E% JThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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7 D8 m: ]; }: C$ o3 N1 X( J/ u' J" NIt 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.( m- W5 d9 l5 G% n; g9 k/ V
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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.7 J) n7 \) I: b3 |4 c/ [5 }
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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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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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( f( R) y3 [( R9 P8 L$ }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.7 \4 b0 ^( \7 M. Q
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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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