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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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Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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0 z) c4 j1 v* jOne 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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/ n" ?/ L( l4 vThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.8 [4 z- m4 }+ g' Y8 E# C
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.# M6 U) |& L, _2 e+ d
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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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A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."( E8 `, ?1 q5 L
' Y6 r/ y$ t7 @( BAnd 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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/ t7 p+ D8 S1 J K: ]. N- |Alberta Environment was notified about the incident." Y" A& {! W; ?" s0 X; R: A
! @9 V, ~- ?2 G/ D! @9 F+ x% xChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."
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The fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.
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% |8 r; v1 ], N- U/ a/ Q: Y0 CBy 7 p.m., the fuel source of the fire had been isolated and the fire was contained to the coker area.: k, C3 _& j3 W6 R) @" z/ U
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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.! l8 X3 k, n, ]0 r/ ?/ g d8 Z# ~
: W. V H7 Y o* \" b3 x8 u% LThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume." H: w& S, q4 Y' b" R& w$ f
$ W+ F/ S- n% V- J"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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9 k/ V6 {2 U, pThe upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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5 ^1 S; ]. D5 W- ZHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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5 p( T% ~5 c4 HIt 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.8 B' O$ N; u9 \; e
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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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7 }9 w8 G4 \. P |The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.6 m1 d6 Z" |& B
0 ~" \1 i& Y& i9 C+ N6 x0 L& vCanadian 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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- `1 d" M# o, u/ iFires 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.$ Z) i- L% {/ `& @0 ^! G% v
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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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