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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon., X% [5 ` l) o9 z5 S
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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.
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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.. J3 ~+ K! U3 ~5 e+ I
* o8 m! @2 N+ R" A2 v"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.* j" s1 m% q1 Y' @( ~9 B
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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.") @# l9 h1 [( \( r9 \
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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.0 }2 K9 w l! F0 h% ]) M0 X- G
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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."$ u V+ n; S+ D. `
1 u- [) L% B' f, BToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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