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$ Y) d' ]2 ~0 f) z1 A! V$ b- FFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.
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- o. \( s# Y3 o( K. r. l7 {8 aThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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One 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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The fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.8 M2 Q) Y8 c9 g
3 y9 }6 C6 G4 v' r4 c6 U% x3 a"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.) X" @4 s0 r( X Q
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Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.4 e" D- a, {, f& J( Y
% a$ ?/ w) U9 g* sA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."
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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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Chris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."# K- R! g. b3 X% }3 O a
. Y: m* e" Z* vThe fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down./ q7 B: Z* Z; N# v& G: l7 p- [
8 p0 V; O, e; Z! ^1 ]# k# ^By 7 p.m., the fuel source of the fire had been isolated and the fire was contained to the coker area.# o$ [ a2 Y% j( w/ ^
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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.0 s0 {" W, z; Y# P2 q
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The Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume.
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3 F: g8 G8 [6 @+ J/ }" O"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.& J6 t" `( u' c; n
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The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.2 {9 }- n4 K% n& @7 A7 y; P
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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.
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9 [. S, X" u; Q* _4 qA spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.9 d- m8 e1 B0 |# J+ M( A; ~ r6 ]
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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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- j$ l# `: a4 i; C3 w- \3 a+ zCanadian 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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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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Horizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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