Shelter-In-Place Order Lifted Following Chlorine Leak In Downingtown

A shelter-in-place order has been lifted Tuesday morning after a chlorine leak in the Johnsontown section of Downingtown (Chester County), authorities said.

First responders at the scene.
Photo Credit: *East Brandywine Fire Company*

Nicole Acosta

06/22/2021 11:03 a.m.

Fire crews responded around 4:30 a.m. to the Downingtown Sewer Plant on 550 Brandywine Ave., according to Downingtown police chief Howard Holland.

Crews secured the leak and the order was cleared around 9:30 a.m., Holland said.

Route 322 was temporarily shut down between Boot Road and Bradford Avenue, East Brandywine fire officials said.

No further information was immediately available.

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