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3 w& p* f* d# |9 ]0 Q0 DA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.8 y9 i5 `( }& F
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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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. y* ^1 n5 y( Z0 z _" {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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"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."8 H* j& s) S' }/ i4 L- e4 @
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; R& p+ m! ~0 \- z3 Z8 PWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.5 q* I/ @$ w3 x2 g* M
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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."0 T0 b* T$ t4 u9 S7 y1 h' F
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire." L: P5 u, m- _6 m- Z: z
/ w, d7 ?+ N! P D1 ^"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."9 T5 d' B0 C+ G. ^/ t
+ I( [; N" t v6 {Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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