Haz-mat crews head to Southwest Side after chemical spill
SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE April 15, 2013 1:20PM
Chicago Fire Dept. on the scene of a Level I HazMat after an explosion was reported in the building in the 4800 block of S. St. Louis Ave. Monday, April 15, 2013. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times
Article Extras
Maps
Chicago firefighters were called to the Archer Heights neighborhood Monday after a small explosion and chemical spill.
The Level I hazarous-materials response was called about 12:50 p.m. for an incident in the 4800 block of South Saint Louis Avenue, an area of warehouses and light industrial businesses.
A Fire Media Affairs spokesman said there was a chemical spill in a factory. No other details were immediately available.
According to dispatch reports, an explosion was caused when a couple of chemicals, one of them cyanide, were mixed.
