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A scary moment for employees at the Maxxam Analytics Tuesday afternoon.3 G v. J6 m1 L7 Q! A6 ]* I% E
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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.4 t; [. G# P0 i1 K9 s
/ t& u! M- Y0 w3 J: `0 @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."
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8 {, Q, B) r" D* c" w9 QWilson says fire rescue responded with trucks from three houses because of the flammable chemicals housed in the building.
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"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."5 |% h G2 a# F: M- O
0 W+ l7 Z1 q# [: ~/ U: d5 N' QWilson adds one person was injured in the fire.
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* O6 |" @5 o1 \ A5 A"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.") e- T( A# v) M8 Y' M( {
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Toluene is commonly used in paint thinners, leather tanners, and disinfectants. (ks,blb) |
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