HazMat Response To Odor At Hawthorne Apartments: Contractor Chemicals

HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- Two residents of a Hawthorne apartment building refused hospitalization Saturday morning after chemicals used by a contractor irritated them.

Firefighters from Companies 2 & 3 assisted in ventilating the building.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

Jerry DeMarco

02/17/2018 11:57 a.m.

Hawthorne police, firefighters and EMS responded along with a Passaic County hazardous materials team to several 911 calls of an irritating odor at the Mill View Lofts building on Westervelt Avenue.

The odor was traced to a contractor's use of a chemical product that created combustible fumes.

Hawthorne EMS evaluated two residents who said they felt ill, but both refused ambulance transportation to a local hospital.

Firefighters from Companies 2 & 3 assisted in ventilating the building.

Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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