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  • An explosion at Burns Lake, B.C., sawmill has left 19 people injured. Smoke and flames surrounded the major employer in the small B.C. town and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

    Flames are seen billowing at the Burns Lake, B.C. lumber mill on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012.
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  • Flames are seen billowing at the Burns Lake, B.C. lumber mill on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012.
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  • Smoke rises at the Burns Lake, B.C. lumber mill after it was rocked by an explosion overnight, on Saturday Jan. 21, 2012.
    THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lakes District News - Laura Blackwell
  • Smoke rises at the Burns Lake, B.C. lumber mill after it was rocked by an explosion overnight, on Saturday Jan. 21, 2012.
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  • Smoke can be seen rising from the Abine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
    THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
  • Smoke can be seen rising from the Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
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  • Smoke can be seen rising as police tape surrounds Abine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
    THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
  • Smoke can be seen rising as police tape surrounds Abine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
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  • Smoke can be seen rising from the Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
    THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
  • Smoke can be seen rising from the Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
    THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
  • Smoke can be seen rising as police tape surrounds Abine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
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  • A small flame can still be seen at the Abine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
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  • A woman is comforted as she cries at the entrance to the Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. Saturday on Jan. 21, 2012.
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  • A woman is comforted as she cries at the entrance to the Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
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  • Burns Lake Fire Department Chief Jim McBride, left, looks on as Albert Gerow, Chief of Burns Lake Band, right, pauses for a moment during a news conference as he responds to the explosion at Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.
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  • Smoke rises from the Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012.
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  • Smoke rises from the Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012.
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  • British Columbia Premier Chirsty Clark, left, hugs Darlene Patrick outside the Margret Patrick Memorial Centre in Burns Lake, B.C. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012.
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  • British Columbia Premier Chirsty Clark, left, hugs three year-old Dacia Perry as her grandmother Darlene Patrick looks on outside the Margret Patrick Memorial Centre in Burns Lake, B.C. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012.
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  • Candles burn at the Margaret Patrick Memorial Centre in Burns Lake, B.C. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012.
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  • A candle burns at the Margaret Patrick Memorial Centre in Burns Lake, B.C. Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012.
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