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Evacuations Ordered After Struck Canister Releases 'Vapor Cloud' Near Hawthorne Ballfield Evacuations Ordered After Struck Canister Releases 'Vapor Cloud' Near Hawthorne Ballfield
Evacuations Ordered After Struck Canister Releases 'Vapor Cloud' Near Hawthorne Ballfield A "vapor cloud" released when a work crew accidentally punctured a buried canister containing a volatile chemical near a Hawthorne ballfield on Thursday. More than three dozen people were evacuated from nearby homes and businesses while the state DEP recovered the canister, which contained Methyltrichlorosilane, in an auxiliary parking lot, police Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. The chemical, which is "highly flammable and reacts violently with water," Hoogmoed said. "After the canister was punctured, it spilled a yellow tinted fluid into the dirt and a vapor cloud was released," th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Nine Wayne Responders Decontaminated After Exposure To Hazardous Chemical Nine Wayne Responders Decontaminated After Exposure To Hazardous Chemical
Nine Wayne Responders Decontaminated After Exposure To Hazardous Chemical WAYNE, N.J. -- Six Wayne firefighters, two EMTs, a police officer and a factory employee were hospitalized before dawn Sunday after they were exposed to a chemical used to make Teflon. Police Officer Corey Deak was among the responders to the 5:40 a.m. smoke-condition call at Saint Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation on Dey Road, Detective Capt. Lawrence Martin said. Deak, an employee and the other responders were exposed to the chemical Polutetrafluroethylene (PTFE) and were taken to Chilton Memorial Hospital for decontamintation, Martin said. All were released "and advised to be…

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by Jerry DeMarco