BROKEN ARROW, Okla. -- Hazmat teams deployed inside a lab in Broken Arrow Friday morning after a sulfuric acid spill.
Hazmat crew were called to assist Broken Arrow Fire Department crews at Element Materials at 3100 North Hemlock Circle, near South 145th East Ave and the Broken Arrow Expressway around 7:30 a.m.
Hazmat team gearing up with level A hazmat gear. Fire officials say there’s a breathing apparatus inside, & will protect skin from acid pic.twitter.com/SnxxBrz0Ol
— Laurene Callander (@laurene_kjrh) May 18, 2018
Broken Arrow Fire officials said someone was testing eight ounces of a low-concentrated sulfuric acid within a vent hood when a hot plate broke. Eight ounces of low concentration acid spilled.
Will works across the street from Element Materials Tech in BA. He walks us through his morning during the acid spill in BA @KJRH2HD pic.twitter.com/H4Bf67UOFu
— Laurene Callander (@laurene_kjrh) May 18, 2018
One business was evacuated. No one was hurt.
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