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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.8 @# @" w7 Y. ^) ^
- ?1 c# r$ o! q/ i9 F5 ~1 sThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.2 c5 {0 b7 l" _# X% L- j4 M8 M
5 K# T2 G% M2 \% c0 ^+ P# QOne 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.' d; z6 K+ W' P4 z
0 w P4 N7 q% w, s! M( G0 qThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.8 P c+ u1 O" [5 |7 a: d
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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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, j/ a, ^1 p4 j9 p; a4 l$ o8 p% g3 ?Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.1 E1 Q7 G2 {1 e( h5 _6 \6 Q0 Y
9 }. `! Q$ i& SA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."* J4 L# p; T# x3 l! v4 E8 j
; A9 Y" y& A' X. w, P$ ?/ YAnd 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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K) o d3 m% u& v0 M0 D( q" AAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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7 G+ L6 b4 u4 j4 K9 b9 g9 c" }: TChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."# C8 \) L% E! N0 y
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The fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.% @1 j' m4 L/ k T7 M+ H( d' \3 X! A
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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.2 O7 v2 \' q$ r! [4 y
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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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& W1 M% z; x2 q% \1 bThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.& t+ Q: n" |* c; N9 }. q
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"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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: T6 ]2 ^: ?' ]The 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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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.) O; o! n6 n# z/ S% |5 g4 v0 Q- o
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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.: L' ^+ A' L: I( H: p/ @+ Z$ ?
, L8 T) R& V1 o. bThe 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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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.' j0 k$ G0 M8 K( J' v8 k
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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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