CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
LEVEL I HAZMAT/OBNOXIOUS ODOR
191 NORTH LOWER WACKER DRIVE CHICAGO, IL
STAGING IS ON RANDOLPH ONE BLOCK WEST OF WACKER DRIVE -- BC 1 ORDERS STAGING ON UPPER WACKER WITH WALK DOWN TO INCIDENCE AREA. THE INCIDENT AREA IS JUST NORTHEAST OF RIVERSIDE PLAZA. UNKNOWN PRODUCT IN A SEWER ... LIQUID WASTE DISPOSAL TRUCK MAY HAVE DUMPED A LOAD AT OR NEAR A LOADING DOCK AT 155 NORTH LOWER WACKER DRIVE. THE LIQUID WASTE TRUCK HAD A PREVIOUS STOP AT THE SHEDD AQUARIUM ... DEVELOPING ...
POLICE ASSISTANCE REQUESTED FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL.
HAZMAT 5-1-1 RESPONDING FROM ENG 122'S DISTRICT.
WIND SW 7.
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THE INCIDENT IS ONGOING SINCE ABOUT 7:00 AM WHEN THE ODOR WAS FIRST REPORTED. THE HAZMAT TEAM WAS CALLED IN ABOUT 10:55 AM.
Level I has been secured. Nothing was found. They believe it may have been a garbage truck that leaked while driving on lower wacker.
— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) July 16, 2013