Authorities in Chester County are responding to reports of a hazmat incident in Pennsylvania, Your Content has learned.
Police responded to the incident at 415 Boot Rd in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, shortly after 10 a.m.
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Update: 1 p.m.: The shelter-in-place order in Downingtown this morning for a hazmat incident at 415 Boot Road has been lifted
Update: 11:01 a.m.: Command units are requesting a Mass Casualty Incident bus respond to the scene. This is typical in incidents involving hazardous material.
Initial Details: According to preliminary details from police dispatch communications, firefighters arrived on the scene and reported a visible chemical cloud resulting from a reaction between bleach and acid inside a building. First responders immediately requested additional assistance after confirming the toxic spill.
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Moments later, Hazmat Command reported that between 350-500 gallons of product had mixed and was now on the floor. The substances are believed to be Phosphoric and Nitric acid.
Command has since instituted a 1-mile shelter in place around the incident site.
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