Lakeland Fire Department personnel investigate a chemical explosion at Key Safety Systems in Lakeland on Tuesday. No one was injured in th incident at the facility on Allen K. Breed Highway. LAKELAND FIRE DEPARTMENT
Ledger staff
Published: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 11:19 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 11:19 p.m.
LAKELAND, FLORIDA — A chemical explosion happened in Lakeland on Tuesday at Key Safety Systems, an automotive safety components supplier that manufactures air bags.
The explosion happened about 7 p.m. in a building near the headquarters at 5300 Allen K. Breed Highway, north of Lakeland Linder Regional Airport.
No one was injured, said Shannon Turbeville, an investigator with the Lakeland Fire Department.
Turbeville said an employee left a room where she was working, then heard a sound from a machine in the building that makes pellets used in air bags. She and another employee were able to leave the building before the explosion occurred.
Sixteen fire personnel and 10 vehicles from the fire department were at the building after the explosion.
Officials from Key Safety Systems could not be reached.