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- V& i6 `' k/ _9 M) ~# s" v. L0 D C& K7 [A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.
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Around 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.; Y& E; X. g+ M0 F8 x# D( t% v
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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.
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"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."& H3 U6 k4 a# ~' [- q$ v' \8 l
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% ^+ ^/ Z) Y" zWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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( Q0 C( A, Q# f% B! N"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."
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y' E! y0 @2 T+ eWilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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"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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: [4 g5 h4 u; s, g! iToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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