Hazmat situation prompts apartment building evacuation
Updated: 07/21/2015 6:02 PM
Created: 07/21/2015 5:59 PM WNYT.com
By: WNYT Staff
NORTH GREENBUSH –
A North Greenbush apartment building was evacuated on Tuesday.
Police say two workers at Partridge Hill Apartments were mixing chemicals in the pool house basement, when a cloud of yellow smoke appeared.
The apartment building closest to the pool house was evacuated.
One worker was taken to the hospital, but doesn’t appear to be seriously hurt. A second worker was fine.
Crews are trying to determine what chemicals were mixed, but say one appears to be chlorine.
Right now, police do not think the residents will be displaced overnight.