HazMat Scare Follows Fire At Brea Industrial Building – Patch.com

BREA, CA– Citizens in Brea were told to leave their houses Thursday early morning following a fire and hazardous materials incident in the city of Brea. authorities stated.

While firefighters fought the flames, a nasty odor remained in the air, authorities say. Alkaline soap might be the source of the hazardous materials release, according to media reports. The dangerous compound got away when materials were exposed to water utilized to eliminate the fire, authorities stated.

At prior to 3 a.m. a fire began for unknown factors at Bristol Industries in the city of Brea on the 600 block of East Lambert Roadway, Thursday.

Numerous companies responded to the blaze, including Fullerton, Orange County Fire Authority, LA County Fire, and the Anaheim Fire departments. While the origin of the fire was under investigation, much of the damage was consisted of and decreased by the business’s sprinkler system and other safeguards, stated Brea-Fullerton Fire Dept. Department Chief Chris Nigg.

The sprinklers “kept the fire in check for us to ultimately put it out” in about an hour, Nigg stated.

“The fire was torn down relatively rapidly once we identified the hazmat problem.”

The business makes aerospace metals, and the fire started in plastic tanks where a “caustic soap is utilized to clean the metals,” Nigg stated. “The most significant issue we had was including the overflow. Nobody was hurt and “there was no direct threat to the general public.”

Lambert Roadway was closed in both instructions in between State College Boulevard and Cliffwood Avenue. Those roadways reopened prior to 7 a.m., but the pedestrian trail in between State College and Cliffwood stayed closed.

Bristol Industries aerospace industrial complex makes fasteners for the aerospace market, according to the website for the business.

Motorists are asked to use detours until further notification.

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