A release of chemical vapors led to a hazmat situation at a plant that makes chlorine in New Haven Wednesday.
It happened at the Kuehne Company, which makes chlorine used for pool sanitation.
Fire officials said they were first called out to the business on Welton Street around 11:30 a.m.
“Our members entered with meters to make detections,” explained New Haven Fire Chief John Alston. "Once they started to dump it out it started to give off fumes."
No injuries were reported and fire officials said the situation is under control. There is no danger to the public, though people at neighboring businesses were warned to stay indoors.
This is not the first time emergency crews have responded to this area. When the plant was under a different name in 2016, an explosion blew off part of the roof. Since then there were several detection systems put in place that helped minimize the situation here.
The plant manager, Alan Rogers, said the Kuehne company just acquired the plant six weeks ago.
