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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.! c9 _) m# G0 ^) V( P% j% B
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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.3 C( x$ O5 ]3 O9 |
0 V7 ]2 W+ N! o, A/ @) e4 N+ vFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.
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# i: k9 S, F4 E; ]8 n Z) }5 ]1 \"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.8 v7 ] M5 R. D1 n% ^% P2 q/ _
. d$ _+ \* [' n/ P( {" i! }! C"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."6 |# J- F# u; e V _0 R. b
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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"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."& C2 e5 q$ x1 H f2 e, i
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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