JULY 25, 2015
MIDDLEBORO, Mass. (WHDH) -
Residents in a Middleboro neighborhood have been given the all-clear and are allowed to leave their homes following a chemical scare at a nearby building housing A&W Maintenance an industrial coating and paint supplies company, Thursday night.
A worker mixing four chemicals triggered a hazardous materials response.
As a result, nearby residents were told to turn off their air conditioners and stay in their homes.
A large plume of chemicals spread inside the A & W Maintenance building on Pine Street after the worker mixed the chemicals at around 2 p.m.
When the owner's son returned to the building at 7 p.m. he found the plume.