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4 T) m/ o8 ?( K# I2 E6 D: zFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.6 j+ o% Z2 H, |# |4 Y- n
# U% i7 d# b: i2 ]( Y6 zThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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: t/ n3 j* t2 g% G7 @- N) z( WOne 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.* I+ P8 u" i# ~5 B! z2 z1 C
% _5 Z4 G+ R) f9 W6 a9 A0 @The fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.5 c" u2 X- }2 }
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.
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Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.( \; N+ _: i; s! e" N
7 }! f% Z' A& KA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."1 f+ X. v) t6 w6 j0 \9 c8 R
2 i+ O7 H `+ R( R2 C# _$ AAnd 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.1 l: [2 {1 X/ @ v) D- h7 c
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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."7 l' [& N5 E. T% H; b/ B0 y
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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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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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r2 Y8 ^: _. N. o" d" FAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.2 S( g% T2 h0 c$ c9 u
. W9 {% P5 d- y" k/ h0 fThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume." C& h- y5 S6 Q6 ~9 ^4 ^
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"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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The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required.
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/ x' m4 p# f5 n4 @* \Horizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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6 b& A6 d- B! U1 _# `* i$ ~8 F+ Y+ uIt 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." g# @ I4 g. \, n% c
' N& A4 W7 s4 a' V& ] nA spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.3 H/ `6 c- L. |, j( y5 `$ ]
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The company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.: E D; h( l, l1 T0 e0 Q* }
8 n8 N% J( t* o. R1 QCanadian 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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6 ~7 q4 m+ f: G5 E0 g) MFires 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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* X! l$ t/ s% ~) b3 vHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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