CHEMICAL FELLS FOUR FIREFIGHTERS.Byline: Daily News Four Kern County firefighters were treated Monday at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital after an unknown chemical spilled chemical spill Public health An inadvertent release of a liquid chemical regarded as hazardous to human health which in a workplace is identified with hazardous materials labels. See Material Safety Data Sheets. while they were mopping up a mobile-home fire in rural Rosamond. Firefighters were called at 11 a.m. to a mobile home in the 7000 block of Backus Road. When they arrived the mobile home was engulfed in flames In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. Along with Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, they pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal. . As they were mopping up, a 2-1/2- to 3-gallon plastic jug containing a brownish-yellow liquid spilled, said department spokesman Tommie Wofford. Six firefighters and a Kern County sheriff's deputy exposed to the liquid - described as having a fruity odor - experienced headaches and dizziness. Four of the firefighters were taken to Antelope Valley Hospital, Wofford said. Because of the chemical, which had not been identified, and the presence of laboratory beakers, deputies suspect that the mobile home might have been a methamphetamine laboratory. Hazardous materials units from Kern County and Edwards AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass were called in to handle the cleanup. Residents in a quarter-mile radius of the home were evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. , Wofford said. As a precaution, deputies closed down Backus Road for a mile on both sides of the mobile home through the afternoon. More than 40 personnel were involved in the operation. Damage to the mobile home was listed at $30,000. |
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