ST. JOHN B.C.-A contractor has been killed and another person hurt in a fire in a gas plant north of Fort St. John, B.C. Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil, which runs the Gundy oil and gas extraction facility in Wonowon, B.C., says the site was “immediately shut down” after the fire on Monday night. The B.C. Energy Regulator says the fire was put out shortly after midnight Tuesday. The company says in a statement that the injured worker was taken to hospital for treatment, and it doesn’t anticipate any further risk to the public or environment. The regulator says in a statement that the fire started when workers struck a pipe that sparked the blaze and Tourmaline activated its emergency response plan, isolated the area and informed everyone within the area of…
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