SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2015
FAREHAM COLLEGE, UK
SEVEN fire vehicles went to a college after potentially
hazardous containers were discovered.
A member of the public dialled 999 after finding several
containers among building waste in the car park at Fareham College, which is
currently undergoing refurbishment work.
Fire engines and specialist vehicles arrived at about 1 pm
and cordoned off the area, off Bishopsfield Road.
Crew manager Rob Sansome, from Fareham fire station, said
detection equipment was used to work out what the containers were and whether they
posed a threat.
He said: ‘They were samples from the science lab.
‘They had been left outside in the car park.
‘We used detection equipment to determine what it was.
‘There were very small levels of radioactive materials which
were used for educational purposes in the science lab.’
He said there was no safety threat and firefighters left the
scene at about 2.30pm.
Crews from Fareham, Portchester, Winchester, Romsey and
Cosham went to the incident.
Mr Sansome added that the materials were left with the college
principal to dispose of.