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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.
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( x: q9 _4 W# LThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.3 I0 m) B! @) d5 a3 k
2 f2 i1 l: D+ ROne 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.) N0 \4 I9 c" }/ q: ^8 q0 y2 {
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( w6 ]% E, X j, _" `' u' K9 q"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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" K5 V( D1 N/ C. rReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.
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A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."
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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.( ~8 Q1 P9 n# O' G4 L
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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Chris 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.8 w; j6 m/ K. }0 Z9 w8 V1 I+ l" a
c- w3 R- w, p: v/ PBy 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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2 P$ ?. Y0 Z( ]6 [8 s' G" m( @+ R7 mAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday./ _3 `2 a8 j) _, J6 R4 ]; v
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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.
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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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, b" R+ J6 p" L2 y( _2 I1 S" t* AThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.2 m: R5 w, @) X# s) O4 h
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.3 V) w- B$ c4 H2 \9 a2 F7 u
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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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; r, ~# t2 c9 c# N( mA spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.
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The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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9 U. C" ]8 `( z" Y l7 w4 R4 oCanadian 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.* O* ~& C2 J, |$ n0 e
$ |' i& u q9 `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.# k0 m* t5 n1 p, O6 g
" ^0 B& _5 J& z0 b8 R/ H4 pHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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