hazmat

Hazmat teams converged on a home in Weymouth, Massachusetts, Thursday morning to look into potentially hazardous materials there, police said. No one was hurt and there was no threat to the public, Massachusetts State Police said, and the Department of Fire Services later said the investigation ended without any hazardous materials found. They didn’t say what the material was...

With the end of the fiscal year in sight, state Rep. Susannah Whipps and her counterpart in the Senate, Sen. Joanne Comerford, are pushing to get state funding for the town.

A small town was left with a pile of asbestos-infused rubble and a roughly $4 million bill to clean it up when an intense blaze destroyed a vacant mill building in Orange, Massachusetts, this weekend. The town was already trying to address the asbestos in the long-abandoned building, but after three kids allegedly set it on fire Saturday, officials are…

A fire at an abandoned mill in Orange, Massachusetts, on Saturday, June 4, 2022, left a huge pile of asbestos-contaminated debris that could cost the town around $4 million to clean up.

A gas leak prompted a hazmat response and the evacuation of three buildings on Beacon Hill in Boston Tuesday morning. Gas leaked into a building on Grove Street from outside, causing elevated readings, Boston police said. Boston police and fire were on scene by 11 a.m. Tuesday. Police were awaiting response from Boston Water and Sewer. Crews were monitoring the…

Emergency crews are on scene of a hazardous materials incident in Lynn, Massachusetts, after police were exposed to fentanyl while attempting to execute a search warrant Thursday afternoon. The scene is located on Michigan Avenue. Lynn Police Lt Michael Kmiec said officers were executing a search warrant and a few officers were exposed to what is believed to be fentanyl….

Emergency crews have responded to a hazmat situation in Plainville, a police department spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.

Hazardous materials teams are dealing with a 5,000 gallon sulfuric acid leak at a chemical company in Attleboro, Massachusetts, on Friday. Fire officials said they were called to Robert’s Chemical on Victor Road at 9:30 a.m. for a report of a sulfuric acid leak. The company manufactures industrial chemicals and said a 13,000-gallon tank car was actively leaking sulfuric acid….

A fire station in East Boston was evacuated Thursday evening due to a chemical issue. The Boston Fire Department described a Level 3 hazmat situation at the firehouse on Sumner Street, with high levels of hydrogen cyanide and hydrogen sulfate detected. Firefighters were ordered out of the station, but no injuries have been reported. Fire officials said the situation was…

Three people were taken to the hospital from an incident in Wakefield, Massachusetts, local firefighters said, though it wasn’t immediately clear what sent them there. Firefighters and other first responders were seen at Audubon Road, at a building across from the Colonial Point apartment complex after 11 a.m. The people were hospitalized as a precaution, according to the Wakefield...

Hazmat crews responded to high levels of Carbon Monoxide in the battery room of a Verizon location in downtown Boston Sunday night. The Boston Fire Department posted on Twitter that they responded to the lower level of 185 Franklin Street for the hazardous materials situation shortly before midnight. Crews used meters and thermal imaging to determine that all of the…

The Boston Marriott Copley on Huntington Avenue was evacuated early Monday morning as authorities initiated a death investigation, police said.

A hazardous material response team with the Boston Fire Department was deployed in Cambridge Wednesday morning, where 12 firefighters were taken to the hospital with chemical burns.

A hazardous material response team with the Boston Fire Department was deployed in Cambridge on Wednesday morning, where 12 firefighters were taken to the hospital with chemical burns. Firefighters responded to a call for the smell of smoke in a corner apartment on the fourth floor of 355 Mass Avenue, near the edge of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus…

Hazmat crews decontaminated a family and two firefighters Monday night in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood after potential exposure to an unknown chemical.

Hazmat crews decontaminated a family and two firefighters Monday night in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood after potential exposure to an unknown chemical. A Brook Street resident opened a package that was delivered to his home Monday and found an unknown chemical inside. He brought it to a nearby fire station at 945 Canterbury Street, prompting a Level 3 hazmat situation. The…

Crews responded to a hazmat situation Monday night in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood.

More than a dozen emergency services vehicles descended on a Rhode Island manufacturing company Thursday afternoon over what appeared to be a noxious odor that sickened several people. No one was seriously hurt, Pawtucket’s acting public safety director said. The incident was reported at the address of medical parts and electrode manufacturer Bio-Detek on Narragansett Park Drive. Pawtucket firefighters...

A downed utility pole with a transformer was knocked over Monday night in South Boston, spilling around 50 gallons of mineral oil and blocking one of the city’s streets, the Boston Fire Department said.

Fire crews responded around 7:20 p.m. Friday to a Level 3 Hazmat at the rear of 1620 Tremont St. in Roxbury, according to the Boston Fire Department.