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; }% ~7 j3 N. }. D/ hFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.
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. P4 C- r# }: s/ jThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.2 u& F% ? k( ^3 w) T/ B W) Q) Z
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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.
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5 `# C m# N8 q8 u& z. K% ?The fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement." Y4 r$ q0 Y& ?4 Q3 k7 }
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Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.
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* @, V% h E8 N5 X' \) uA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."
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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.$ R5 n. |" H: K: H) y" _3 V( ?; e
# b+ |3 v/ e: ?8 lAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.& Y9 t/ [2 Q8 j4 h; [) Q
. J. j- g" @ C. yChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."/ q% o/ Y0 k( G) L! D' `5 j
/ e, ]2 [0 P: ?4 w$ S: n' _% @The fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.
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0 R9 N Z: c& c- k2 `* F! s3 ^By 7 p.m., the fuel source of the fire had been isolated and the fire was contained to the coker area.& r9 B/ `* A2 ^0 ]
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Air 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. m; D: O/ [. Q- L- s) H
7 O1 Q4 R$ E" E" Z4 S"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.# S6 P8 R0 ~& E3 b1 p
1 x: ]' Q* O0 A# BThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.& i) o/ c. ~, q
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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+ N6 v) S6 e8 @. U( XIt 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.$ S# e) H5 u5 s2 z( l5 k) Q
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A spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.' F5 e9 |2 v* g3 m) n! E
" Z: E5 \* S1 D8 WThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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8 X; G1 ~- a( H( w" a# X9 M0 m" UCanadian 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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! t2 s6 Q% A" K5 yFires 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.* ]" g | _! [# {. A+ _& U9 `7 S" i
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Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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