CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE THAT LEAKED INTO CHESTERFIELD CREEK CAME FROM NEARBY JAIL AND IT IS A BY-PRODUCT OF ANTIFREEZE
February 7, 2015
CHESTERFIELD,
Va. (WRIC) —
The Chesterfield Fire Department and HAZMAT crews are working to
clean up a substance that leaked into a creek in the area of the 6600 block of
Public Safety Way early Saturday afternoon.
Units
on the scene confirmed that the substance is or a by-product of anti-freeze and
that it leaked into the creek from an HVAC system at the nearby Chesterfield
County Jail.
The
substance has been contained and contractors have been called in to assist in
the clean-up process.
Officials
say the public is not in danger unless someone enters the water.