SUSPICIOUS SPILL AT 8TH ST AND WABASH AVE CHICAGO -- LEVEL I HAZMAT

WED JUL 08 2015 ~3:24 PM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
SUSPICIOUS SPILL/LEVEL I HAZMAT
8TH ST AND WABASH AVE CHICAGO, IL

REPORT OF A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE.

CREWS DISCOVER A SUSPICIOUS FLUID SPILLED.

FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED DISCARDED NITROUS OXIDE TANKS ON THE SCENE.

WASHDOWN OBSERVED AT THE INTERSECTION.

WABASH CLOSED FROM BALBO TO 9TH ST.

WIND ?? MPH ?? (DID NOT HEAR WEATHER ANNOUNCED).

STREETS RE-OPENED BY 5:00 PM.

NO MENTION WHY THERE WAS A WASHDOWN; ONLY NOTIFICATION FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THAT DISCARDED NITROUS OXIDE TANKS (NITROUS OXIDE ALSO KNOWN AS LAUGHING GAS) WERE ON SCENE.



hazmat 8th Wabash secure discarded nitrous oxide tanks Wabash being reopened no injury

— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) July 8, 2015



UNITS ASSIGNED ...

ENGINE(S): E1

TRUCK(S): T ??

SQD5

5-1-1 (HAZ-MAT INCIDENT TEAM 1)?

RIT: BC ?? T ??

CHIEF(S): BC1 501
5-1-0? (DEPUTY DISTRICT CHIEF HAZMAT)

EMS: A ?? FC ?? STANDBY A ??

STAGING: 9TH AND MICHIGAN

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