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Chemical Incident , Charles Street, Leicester, 16th December 2002 |
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All photos supplied by
Fire Service Photographer Mark Bryers. |
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| Time of Call: 16/12/2002: 13:05 | ||
| Appliance Attendance: | ||
| N231 (Eastern Leicester Water Ladder) | ||
| N232 (Eastern Leicester Water Ladder) | ||
| S301 (Central Leicester Water Ladder) | ||
| S302 (Central Leicester Water Ladder) | ||
| S307 (Central Leicester Aerial Ladder Platform) | ||
| S309 (Central Leicester Incident Support Unit) | ||
| S404 (Southern Leicester Emergency Tender) | ||
| S315 (Wigston Command Support Vehicle) | ||
| 1324: Informative message. 25 litre drum of unknown chemical is lying upturned and leaking into water course. Attempts being made to seal road drains using environmental grab pack. Two Chemical protection suit wearers being deployed. | ||
| 1335: 25litre drum leaking a creamy brown liquid. First indications show Hydrochloric. | ||
| 1340: Product name is Hydroxyachtic, corrosive. | ||
| 1355: Chemical protection suit wearers being de contaminated. | ||
| 1433: Stop message. ALP being used to wash spillage from flat roof of Attinborough House and affected pavement area. Washing into street drains with copius amounts of water. | ||
To view some photos from this incident, click on the
thumbnails below. |
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