Authorities investigating hazardous spill at Princeton University lab
The Frick Chemistry building at Princeton University in this file photo. (Cie Stroud for The Times)
By Kevin Shea | For NJ.com
September 02, 2015 at 7:21 AM
PRINCETON, NJ
A chemistry building at Princeton University was evacuated Tuesday evening when a small amount of hazardous material spilled inside a laboratory, officials said.
At 8:30 p.m, firefighters and hazardous materials specialists from the Trenton Fire Department were on scene, assisting the Princeton Fire Department and university officers.
The spill occurred inside a third-floor lab in the Frick Chemistry building off Washington Road at about 7:20 p.m., the university said in a statement.
No one was injured, and no details on how the spill happened were available from the university, the statement said.
Classes are not currently in session at Princeton.
The 265,000-square-foot building east of Washington Road, between Faculty Road and Ivy Lane, opened in 2010 and houses the university's chemistry department. It includes teaching, faculty research, laboratory and office space.