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% ]; ]3 e! k5 C7 Z5 Q2 r9 n, ZFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.
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Three of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.! ]" B% C4 k9 x# C7 [; S, p, F8 e
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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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g5 j# H( f- Y( W: W. Y# CThe fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.; C* t; Z1 I6 z3 p. @# t
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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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0 u) @- L9 A IReports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.2 H" N# _) y' ^# b0 L" p8 l8 t
( O% @6 l. i* A2 n6 W1 EA witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."9 N) V" R7 i, ]8 W ?% d2 K
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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.% e+ c+ a- L9 _, `
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Alberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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' B* [! C$ v' L0 {8 l' C9 fChris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."
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% D. x# |" B4 V- w) z* XThe 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.' W) R- K* T9 R( b
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Air quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.+ d; o9 c1 c3 s) K
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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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"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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9 }# m2 l* k; z9 X: T1 OHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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: B$ T _% ?' ^9 WIt 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.9 w4 Z# j# Z$ m6 F+ g4 o- T- d
% }, [9 v. S& {9 B. QA spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.
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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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' H" V# [; K: w) c3 ?Canadian 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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1 ~% |4 Z8 u5 v$ cFires 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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