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Four people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.
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* R$ H6 j0 f9 L& @* _7 j. _* f/ vThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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. b' a# B7 F% K( Q3 v; E% f' z" MOne 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.' \1 M4 j v& K* [; Q
+ C2 E4 B0 @$ t2 Q( W, QThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.0 {8 E- C5 p$ N Y# l$ N) i
$ @6 a- j; m. [7 s) Z x"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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& W) e+ _! ?; JReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.
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3 \5 W& Q* Z- X3 y. }0 o" @' ^A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."( X: w q8 K$ W9 j% b
* r- r0 e9 ?+ W" @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.
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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- A: v; V- c% P5 o+ D9 X$ {' a, JChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."9 A1 p' i5 p7 K y
- R. u$ z9 B( f3 K4 a- t) tThe fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.
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* z. a a# z: ?7 _By 7 p.m., the fuel source of the fire had been isolated and the fire was contained to the coker area.
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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.
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3 O; c$ ~* h3 z, z7 N" Z5 o {7 QThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.
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2 @3 A, A0 X Z0 K. |* }; A( v1 H"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.
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5 n0 x. h! H, {, [The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.* G. B( Z5 V/ `1 Z5 c
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Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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It 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.( I: V$ G0 ]# q. x v
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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.
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The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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Canadian 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.# L4 w! P6 @( b8 W5 k: O
2 R- J1 i- B6 X& Z0 ]Fires 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.
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, l( k8 B: S4 J! N/ ]Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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