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/ D' S6 c8 W7 k6 h/ b8 C" FFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.9 D4 {0 |: b& j" w
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Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.: z$ n4 O/ z3 K8 ?0 z* B6 V
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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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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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0 y6 v0 u$ t: b- @5 p: \) h" [* N1 X# pReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.' t1 U# {9 G4 ^2 P) V' g& @* [
7 B7 c9 a6 r' q! Y" ZA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."+ D7 ~. I# Q7 _* f& S* k U
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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./ S9 v y/ T( h) F3 q M
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.+ n2 O2 A8 x( Z8 Q
1 m" p6 P0 x% f3 v# H& Z4 LChris 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.
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# D: l/ D7 U$ q8 ^7 ?2 X+ i$ q4 {By 7 p.m., the fuel source of the fire had been isolated and the fire was contained to the coker area.
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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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: e5 Q) f5 f- z& D4 oThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.5 u6 W& _9 s) }9 d% W
* ^) H0 [, R4 s8 n9 c( t"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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* b7 v6 w+ l+ u+ @3 C5 V2 aThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.* d6 w0 O: t# ~; }& q) o( s
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.+ T' O$ z( K& m+ Z2 i1 \9 x
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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.
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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. S2 n; f! E6 Z6 i# u, d
) z0 B/ h, L7 }7 rThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org." A) W& H& C- ~" ~2 f5 s" X% F
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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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Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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