At approximately 9:15 p.m., in a sealant adhesive manufacturing plant, a mixer producing an epoxy adhesive
overheated causing thermal decomposition. The smoke from the mixer
filled most of a 3000 sq. ft. production room. The Fire alarm was pulled
by an operator outside of the production room. The fire department
arrived on scene and took control as Incident Command and called for a
shelter-in-place of surrounding neighborhood. Initially, about a 4-block
radius around plant was blocked to any traffic. By about 10:20pm, the
fire department reduced the blocked off area to only the plant
perimeter. A representative from the Emergency Response section responded to the scene and verified that there were no chemical release
issues.
The fire department relieved pressure off the
mixer and then set up additional exhaust fans to air out the production
room, and after getting readings of less than 10 parts per million
Carbon Monoxide the Fire Department gave the all-clear, which was about
12am. There was no explosion, no fire and no environmental release and
the fire department did not use any extinguishing agents.
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