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Amonia Leak At A Juice Plant Triggers A Hazardous Matierials Response From The Long Beach Fire Department

By Jackawa Jackson | June 18, 2009

At about 11:45 pm on the evening of June 18th,  Long Beach Fire Department units responded to a possible ammonia leak after a local resident walked in to Fire Station 3 complaining of a strong irritating odor.

An ammonia leak was discovered at 625 W. Anaheim, International Juice Concentrate. It took approximately 40 Long Beach Fire personnel including members of The  Long Beach Fire Department’s Hazmat Team approximately three hours to locate, isolate, secure the leak.

The walk in patient at Station 3 was transported to St. Mary’s Medical Center by LBFD paramedics complaining of shortness of breath.  There were no other reports of injuries to citizens or firefighters.

 

 

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