BRENHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO CHEMICAL SPILL FRIDAY

  

The Brenham Fire Department was called out to a chemical spill early Friday afternoon.  A 55 gallon drum of acid had ruptured on a delivery truck at the Blue Bell Aquatic Center on Tom Green Street in Brenham.  The acid spilled out of the truck and onto the concrete driveway facing Blue Bell Road.  Swimmers and personnel from the Aquatic Center were evacuated from inside the building and the outdoor pool area.  The Fire Department’s Hazmat trailer was called for and firemen donned full hazmat suits as they covered the spill with neutralizer and emptied the remaining acid into another container.  Two employees from the chemical delivery company assisted in the cleanup.  The Brenham Fire Department was on the scene for about 2 hours.