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4 ^0 B1 v1 Y5 S$ R! _3 ~4 TA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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, q. x. ^! f2 v) v; O$ x; n& y7 ^Around 2:25 p.m., Edmonton Fire Rescue received two 911 calls to 50th Street and 67th Avenue. One was reporting a fire, the other reporting that someone had been injured at the same location.1 I1 i$ ^7 _& d) }
+ t# p' `0 V# _2 Q+ BFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.
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"The fire took place in a room at this facility that did have some sort of flammable products stored in there," says Wilson, "and somehow, this ignited and caused a fire."
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Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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: f! b0 R/ b% m"We had eight units on scene, with about 30 firefighters," he says. "The fire was out in just under 45 minutes, and was under control in 15."2 w: @/ F I3 y3 k$ ^' }; u" a! p
- O% U7 f7 `# `% Y4 O' B4 w- CWilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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"When crews arrived there was a male who sustained some injuries during this event who was transported to U of A Hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries."
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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