Overcast 33°
Tag:

Waltham Fire Department

News
Explosive Find In Waltham Has Construction Workers, Police Scrambling Explosive Find In Waltham Has Construction Workers, Police Scrambling
Explosive Find In Waltham Has Construction Workers, Police Scrambling Construction workers in Waltham got a scare on Monday, Nov. 27, when they found a cache of unexploded cannon balls buried on a job site.  Workers were on a job site at 41 Foundry Avenue when they found the 12 potentially explosive cannonballs, Massachusetts State Police said. The unexploded ordinances were found inside a pipe that workers uncovered.  The Waltham Police and Fire Departments responded, as did members of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad, the Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Team from the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services, and an ATF agent all s…

SHARE

by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Lightheaded Waltham Gas Station Worker Reveals Dangerous Leak, Hazmat Team Responds Lightheaded Waltham Gas Station Worker Reveals Dangerous Leak, Hazmat Team Responds
Lightheaded Waltham Gas Station Worker Reveals Dangerous Leak, Hazmat Team Responds A gas station employee was restocking shelves when he began to feel lightheaded, due to a then-unknown problem that created an oxygen-deficient atmosphere inside the gas station, officials say. A male employee began work at 6 a.m., restocking shelves in the cooler at the Speedway at 66 Prospect Street in Waltham when he began to feel lightheaded and called 911, according to the Waltham Fire Department.  Firefighters arrived at the scene around 7 a.m., at which point the gas station's atmosphere had become oxygen deficient. A tier-one hazmat response was declared, sending the stat…

SHARE

by Morgan Gonzales
News
HAZMAT: Chemical Spill At Waltham Laboratory Sends 2 Workers To Hospital HAZMAT: Chemical Spill At Waltham Laboratory Sends 2 Workers To Hospital
HAZMAT: Chemical Spill At Waltham Laboratory Sends 2 Workers To Hospital Two workers are hospitalized following a chemical spill at a laboratory in the Greater Boston Area, officials said. Hazmat crews along with Waltham Fire Department responded to the spill at a laboratory at Azenta Life Sciences in Waltham on the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 14, WCVB reports. The spill involved between a liter and gallon of an acid-based, flammable solvent, the outlet said citing officials.  ON THE JOB IN WALTHAM: Today our team responded to the City of Waltham on a Tier 1 for a chemical spill in a laboratory.... Posted by District 2 MA state Haz-Mat team on Monday, Novembe…

SHARE

by David Cifarelli