UPDATED 5:10 p.m.
PRINCEVILLE, Ill. – “A well-coordinated multi-jurisdictional response from all parties involved.”
That’s how the Peoria Fire Department sums up their involvement in a hazardous materials situation in Princeville Thursday near village hall and the city’s water plant.
Peoria was the mutual-aid agency called in to help Akron-Princeville contain what was believed to be a leak in a chlorine cylinder around 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
Crews, likely using Haz-Mat suits donated since the BioUrja explosion, were able to stop the leak successfully. It’s not yet determined what caused the leak.
One person was taken to the hospital with an unknown medical problem prior to Peoria Fire’s arrival.
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UPDATED 3:26 P.M.
PRINCEVILLE, Ill. – Authorities are on the scene of a hazardous materials situation in Princeville.
The Peoria County Sheriffs Department says their deputies, the Peoria Fire Hazmat Team, and Akron-Princeville Fire are near Princeville Village Hall for what 25 News calls a “small chlorine gas cylinder leak.”
The call came in around 11:15 a.m. Thursday.
One person is reported to be hospitalized, and only the city’s water treatment plant is being evacuated.
However, authorities are urging everyone to avoid the area near Walnut Avenue and Evans Street in Princeville for the time being.
25 News is reporting that the leak is not affecting the village’s water supply, and no boil order will be issued.
