Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Responders Clear Roofing Glue Fumes From HackensackUMC At Pascack
UPDATE: Firefighters used fans to clear noxious fumes Saturday from a section of HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley caused by chemicals used in roofing glue. Workers were working on a roof of the hospital on Old Hook Road in Westwood when the incident occurred, sickening several people. Police, firefighters and a Bergen County hazardous materials unit were summoned just after 12:30 p.m. Ramsey Rescue sent the decontamination unit in case any workers or others were exposed to the chemicals. Ambulances were also put on standby before it was determined that evacuations weren't necessary.
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Ramsey Rescue Clears Chlorine-Laced Trash That Fell From Truck Near School
Hazardous materials technicians from the Ramsey Rescue squad cleared a pile of chlorine-laced trash that fell off the back of a garbage truck near an elementary school on Monday. Ramsey police, firefighters and Ambulance Corps members also responded to the Island Avenue incident near the Wesley D. Tisdale School. So did their colleagues from OEM, DPW and a Bergen County Hazmat team. "The scene has been mitigated without incident," the rescue squad reported. There were no injuries, the squad said.
Fairfield, CT
News
Evacuation Order Lifted For Overturned Tanker With Flammable Liquids
This story has been updated. A mandatory evacuation has been lifted for the area surrounding Fairfield Avenue in Stamford due to an overturned truck hauling extremely hazardous materials. The evacuation was lifted around 12:45 p.m., but "Fairfield Avenue will remain closed for several more hours for final cleanup," according to the mayor’s office. The hazardous material, identified as methyl methacrylate monomer that is used in the manufacture of resins and plastics, did not leak as officials worked to remove the truck that flipped while trying to make a U-turn in a parking lot, …
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Waste Treatment Plant Fire On Hudson River In North Bergen Goes To 4 Alarms
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. – (UPDATE) Authorities urged residents and merchants in the area to keep their windows closed and stay indoors early Wednesday afternoon as firefighters doused a stubborn blaze at a waste treatment plant undergoing renovations on the Hudson River in North Bergen. The fast-moving fire at the township Municipal Authority treatment plant in the 7100 block of River Road, just beneath the Galaxy Towers in Guttenberg, was ignited just before 9 a.m. by a worker using a torch, authorities said. The blaze went to four alarms and continued to burn before being brought under control…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Ramsey Man, 24, Killed By Drinking Toxic Mixture
RAMSEY, N.J. -- A 24-year-old Ramsey man died Monday after drinking a toxic cocktail made from mixing a chemical used in airbags with water. It was unclear whether the Peach Hill condominium resident knew that he was drinking sodium azide, responders said, adding that family notifications were made. Sodium azide is described as "a rapidly acting, potentially deadly chemical that exists as an odorless white solid. When it is mixed with water or an acid, sodium azide changes rapidly to a toxic gas with a pungent (sharp) odor." In a car, the chemical explodes when triggered electron…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
HazMat Response To Odor At Hawthorne Apartments: Contractor Chemicals
HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- Two residents of a Hawthorne apartment building refused hospitalization Saturday morning after chemicals used by a contractor irritated them. Hawthorne police, firefighters and EMS responded along with a Passaic County hazardous materials team to several 911 calls of an irritating odor at the Mill View Lofts building on Westervelt Avenue. The odor was traced to a contractor's use of a chemical product that created combustible fumes. Hawthorne EMS evaluated two residents who said they felt ill, but both refused ambulance transportation to a local hospital. Firefighters …
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Photos
: Wayne Firefighters Douse Condo Garage Row Fire
WAYNE, N.J. -- Hours after several Wayne firefighters had to be decontaminated from a pre-dawn hazardous materials incident Sunday, members doused a blaze that blew through a garage row of a condominium complex. Someone working on a car in one of the units "may have spilled gasoline," igniting the 10:30 a.m. fire at the Knox Terrace Condos, Police Detective Capt. Lawrence Martin said. Members of the township's volunteer Fire Companies 4, 3 and 5 responded, along with the Wayne Memorial Volunteer First Aid Squad. Firefighters contained the flames to five units. No injuries were r…
