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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.
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8 R! Z% l# ?8 t6 eFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.; |5 T0 u( m# F% V# m3 v
. E! t" T* f8 \ Y' B"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."0 V$ }8 | a" y6 c8 w
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3 M7 g& y4 e6 Q7 w$ l6 X. vWilson 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.". _7 v0 [; X# s9 }/ F7 [
9 e1 E- G! [6 n+ ^Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire.7 ~! k# q% p# g$ K: d
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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."8 _5 i$ c4 R/ N) G; Z8 I
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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