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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./ `5 T7 e; ~0 O3 E" Y6 w r2 C
2 j* q: G: x, u/ j2 OThree 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.. _. ~5 f5 O6 f% ]+ ^! ?
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- B* `# a* b! x$ v1 g; u# H"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.2 T9 W7 H8 u1 [5 |0 p
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Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.
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3 L! d% z' j) f7 K# h- A2 rA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."
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) x) @9 u9 v' c- q- Z. _, i$ p/ BAnd 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.1 b% V$ A2 x |; s! |7 Z
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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7 i, \' F+ R6 D+ E6 S! S1 n2 Q uChris 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." P, O/ I+ K! s/ y6 Z
3 S6 r2 d% _) |4 N2 H: R( ?By 7 p.m., the fuel source of the fire had been isolated and the fire was contained to the coker area.. p( }5 i$ o1 w! g% y: h+ 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.* k# G4 h% f; U3 h% v3 r! ^5 p$ x
* T% `/ H0 d4 l, m3 \" l" c9 w4 S"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.3 i5 ]3 U, y; q1 W
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The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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$ q6 Q o# w6 g3 K8 ?Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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# B0 H+ ? u% {1 j8 I9 PIt 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./ C% q f5 `0 k9 l8 v- V2 ]' R
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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. V: a; S6 _5 f& ^0 \' t
9 N" N& S' Y; v4 GThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.( K) j% B6 `; | ?5 @- G
2 _! m7 v( t- |: PCanadian 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.% ?, t& Z5 {4 d% n) `" ?
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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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Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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