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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.2 b1 x5 V, Y( E/ h! f J6 J
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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., v# C. v9 o: f0 Y- P, E2 P0 s, P5 \
( J1 i& L0 V, O, `3 O) ]4 }" m& GFire 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." k: N Y2 t. N, v! F
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" u( y! E. f7 F% J) n2 \2 M4 Q r, VWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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) N5 h' {& M! `+ c7 g' h- W"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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Wilson adds one person was injured in the fire./ ] y! [* d, e; w; K" L
; C! k" ?5 x4 r3 a X6 ^; Y! r"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."1 |4 O: X; j2 i3 H
" T& S- I1 b+ u( r2 A. Z, wToluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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