Crews contain HazMat spill at chemical company in Salt Lake City

Crews quickly contained a HazMat spill at a chemical manufacturer and distributor Monday morning. Photo Courtesy: Salt Lake City Fire Department

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 20, 2017 (Gephardt Daily) — Crews quickly contained a HazMat spill at a chemical manufacturer and distributor Monday morning.

Salt Lake City Fire Department tweeted at 9:15 a.m. that nitric acid, a highly corrosive mineral acid, spilled from a railcar at the Thatcher Group, Inc., at 1905 W. Fortune Rd. (1230 South).

The spill, the size of which is still to be determined, was quickly contained by fire crews.

Gephardt Daily will have more on this developing story as information becomes available.

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