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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./ {) I" e- I' J3 Z0 R
% `2 q2 k9 H+ @, P* rFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.
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8 T% V: B: G$ E' e. K"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."& N: u0 e' i/ s( h9 S. H: B7 b: E
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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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"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.") F* g2 r4 p% [8 K
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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, j" r0 j; _% K"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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$ V8 @1 c& i: ~, R# F! l, PToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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