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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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. |: O7 R8 h: I& MAround 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.) J- d# o p/ C7 G' p
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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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"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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& @' @# f# W* i8 PWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building." u, X/ b' F2 s# S; _9 a& ?& l
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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."' t- l1 j% ~9 U, K' N/ E! s
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9 J W) m4 ~* H, Q5 g5 C2 G# \"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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5 o- T C* D; p9 Y# }3 UToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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