fire & health & safety firegeezer on 28 Sep 2007 06:47 pm
Ongoing - Haz Mat Incident Working In Fort Wayne
AROUND 4 PM CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON a chlorine leak at a trash recycling facility brought a haz-mat response from the Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fire Department.
Early reports are saying that approx. 250 gals. were leaked and 10 civilians have been transported to hospitals.
Update: TV station WPTA is reporting that a drum was punctured in the shredder building. The FD is telling that the leak has been sealed.
Note: If it was in a drum or barrel, it must have been a chlorine solution of some sort. No reports have said anything about gas.
Update #2: WPTA is reporting that at least 20 people have been transported with repiratory distress and eye irritaions.
Update #3: A later report from tv WANE states that it was a chlorine gas cylinder outdoors. Apparently the gas drifted into a work area. Haz-Mat patched the leak and cleared the scene.
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