Monday, March 2, 2015

FIRE IN CONNEAUT LAKE, PA BRINGS FOUL CHEMICAL SMELL TO AIR




FEBRUARY 28, 2015

CONNEAUT LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA

The fire was reported at the joint municipal building in Conneaut Lake around 4 this afternoon.

A building there held a 330 gallon tank of sodium bi-sulfate.

The chemical is listed as a non explosive chemical with one of the uses being the lowering of pH in the water fort effective chlorination.

It reportedly took about 20 minutes to put the fire out, but there was a foul smell in the air surrounding the area as that chemical burned off.

Emergency management officials were on scene, as were officers from waterways and conservation.

According to Conneaut Lake fire Chief Mike Betts, a portable heater is to blame for the fire.

No one was injured.