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; }) f' D, t8 K/ m( LA scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.! n+ U$ o6 K" \7 X2 _
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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.5 ~% [: T6 y* Q# [3 ~) y6 y y
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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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: c! Z: r, f# ^"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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/ ]6 G) s% Y" K3 m# w. e6 BWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.9 g( u( s g* R0 z; A6 v- [& X4 G
* H# T9 W# F; s"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."5 g2 a+ @) K8 L: ~/ V
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5 H5 B. N" T- S3 ]- x, c* s( }"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."# k4 x5 K; m- p7 J
# m' D4 R# R" }0 DToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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