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% p2 ]; E" e; mA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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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.
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Fire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.
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. X j$ W0 Z/ x2 b% }3 G3 v- |"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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7 ~1 z: ?& e KWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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"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."
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6 ]3 `- d- Z! x, B. f6 ~Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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4 y# C- T( P( y+ N& S8 K"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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