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Supply line leak led to fire at Alberta oilsands facility, Syncrude says

March 16, 2017 Dan Healing - THE CANADIAN PRESS

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – A fire that broke out at a Syncrude oilsands site in northern Alberta was the result of a supply line that broke and leaked light oil, a company spokesman said Wednesday. Crews were allowing the blaze

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Explosion, fire hit Alberta Syncrude oilsands site

March 15, 2017 THE CANADIAN PRESS

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Syncrude says most of its workforce has returned to an oilsands site in northern Alberta after an explosion and fire Tuesday. But company spokesman Will Gibson couldn’t say whether production has resumed after a fire erupted

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Alberta reviews Fort McMurray wildfire re-entry plan as flames spread north

May 17, 2016 The Canadian Press

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – The Alberta government is taking a second look at its plan to allow people to return home to Fort McMurray after explosions damaged some homes in the city and a raging wildfire spread north toward oilsands

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Work camps north of Fort McMurray evacuated due to growing wildfire

May 16, 2016 By John Cotter and Dean Bennett - The Canadian Press

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – A precautionary evacuation is clearing out employees at work camps north of Fort McMurray due to the threat of a quickly spreading wildfire. Non-essential personnel are leaving while others are staying to conduct work on the