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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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. S1 t, d6 D) ]! b' ]7 IAround 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.$ V3 y9 n z2 O
4 r: a% p1 B8 o# t9 i k/ t6 f. x2 ["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.": E- d2 n* \& H7 R Q" }( \6 S) f
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Wilson 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."' D! k- w' F/ s8 V( m/ S
, M8 d" a& ^4 d- U: O0 EWilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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/ C4 G2 P5 P% u6 I. g+ W" T4 _"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."
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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