Haz-Mat Spill For ‘A’ Shift
November 3, 2007
Shortly after shift change, A shift firefighters from station 1 were called to assist a Sam Bass engine on the scene of a collision on Texas 45. The Sam Bass engine was requesting the Williamson County Haz-Mat Team for assistance with a small chemical spill secondary to a minor collision between a passenger car and a truck carrying a trailer.
The spilled chemicals, sodium bisulfate and sodium hypochlorite, are used to clean swimming pools. They can irritate the eyes and lungs if inhaled directly, but otherwise aren’t dangerous.
Two men from the truck were exposed to a cloud of smoke that was released when they opened the doors to a trailer. The men and the driver of the sedan were quarantined for about two hours, but weren’t injured.
Firefighters from Jollyville, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Round Rock, and Taylor all responded as well as Williamson County EMS. Units were on scene for several hours assisting the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality neutralize the spill.
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