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A 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.' w5 _/ Q- s% R
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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. c' K l4 ^" q# x. v" [. L
8 u$ u9 W3 _8 O2 H# i"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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Wilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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' }6 N6 H6 Z5 R9 o: e8 ^& T"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."* }7 Q0 i2 j; I
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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7 {& z/ H6 L8 B6 L4 `: Y m"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." D/ Y: V; l# M
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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