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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.7 u1 h X# W T/ L$ F6 X* i
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Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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" n% I/ Y" Q3 O) {One 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." T6 X9 N" f8 [& g
+ b5 G, z/ y% A5 t6 J' ]7 j/ QThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.
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5 J1 y, ~' @/ s4 w"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.1 J' [7 a/ L0 p0 ~% q) P+ w
5 x& ~9 a4 q0 m* z' 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."( x# [2 m w1 {/ D- Y
# g6 g6 C' S" Z' J" F; Q$ \+ y% k7 _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.
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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! f: I( Q3 H5 ZChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."
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! N4 q, ]8 v+ oThe fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.' Q& \6 [; D4 f+ x. f% M3 h7 R& F
k3 s1 z( M+ _* f0 `5 D4 a* f" oBy 7 p.m., the fuel source of the fire had been isolated and the fire was contained to the coker area.9 _. \: u1 {/ a" h. O
4 h* e3 @; ~1 o# gAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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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.- r, U- C$ C: T! \
3 w( c" X5 N% U0 `: ^"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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The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.8 Y, E a2 G& u$ h& C/ `
6 z5 C/ G9 G# _3 U5 D6 L) |Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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* l& m7 f6 F5 F- W" gIt 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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1 D7 i$ l+ c9 ?0 ^3 S/ E! }A spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.; l) e3 r0 y" D- r" s, b
" A$ s' P; w1 s" Q1 G) }The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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Canadian 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.
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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./ N8 T2 O# ], A7 i9 o) H8 \
- y5 N* Q5 ?/ v L- x) G) pHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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