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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.$ E0 i1 C2 |6 V" Y. m
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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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1 t. K: ~6 I& {- ZFire rescue's Tim Wilson tells iNews880 there was a flash fire in a lab where the chemical Toluene is housed.
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"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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$ j3 m4 l7 ~7 `; h/ I& z7 e' g: CWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.# } R) f. p0 i# a) k" O/ ?
+ R1 `+ ?: H5 C$ h4 R t"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."4 j, L$ N# s/ J( d0 T
% |( F; u9 N9 G/ o) N) m+ y2 m) kWilson adds one person was injured in the fire.' b) e# t* w6 y9 L$ p
) @) S) I( E/ s5 B8 O"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."/ `0 }) E5 X- c7 \
. Z' ?$ L* ]" N+ ~$ _* EToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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