Chemical gas exposure causes evacuation at First Watch, Clemmons NC
Fire & ArsonAt the First Watch restaurant, a solid sanitizer was accidentally mixed with chlorine, producing chemical gas. This caused irritation to eyes and nose of some people present. The building was evacuated as a safety precaution. Emergency crews responded, confirmed no hazardous gas remained inside, and found the chemical mixture was removed and dumped outside in nearby woods. The surrounding area was checked for safety and precautions taken to protect the environment.
Audio|Source: Forsyth County Fire
06:15
Transcript:
00:00
All right, the hazmat one, you ready?
00:08
Command the hazmat one.
00:09
I got your chemicals.
00:14
Copy, go ahead.
00:16
We have a solid sanitizer and chlorine mixed together.
00:26
Copy that's a solid sanitizer and the chlorine, the solid sanitizers is the brand name.
00:35
Yeah, I got the SDSG here with me.
00:40
The solid sanitizer is the product name and then fluorine.
00:46
These are granular type solid sanitizers.
00:54
Can you describe what's going on? I read a little bit of the notes.
00:58
Can you give me any updates on what's going on right now?
01:03
Ecolab is here at First Watch,
01:08
and they were cleaning in First Watch in the kitchen area.
01:13
They started off gasing.
01:15
We have eye and smell irritations to form patients.
01:23
We're evacuating the rest of the building until you advise on the what all is made in there.
01:29
That's all we got right now. We haven't went inside the building yet. We're just evacuating.
01:35
I still don't know before.
01:39
Thank you be off the floor.
01:43
I can continue evacuated this time and we'll give you an update on our research.
01:51
Okay, and also are y'all driving the 18-wheeler?
01:58
We're driving the hazmat truck and we'll have a matter one on this regard matter two with us as well.
02:07
All right, we're going to make you some access on the road as well.
02:14
When you come in off Lewisville-Clemmons Road, we'll park the 18 wheelers as you first come in and we'll move 114, or regression 110, and 209, so you can park right there.
02:28
That's my one cup.
02:29
Control 2, 804.
02:33
8.04, go ahead.
02:35
Just after 4. We've got Lifestar 1 and Amiens 19p coming to emergency traffic due to their distance. Just let us know if we need to continue or routine or canceling.
02:45
Right now you can routine them.
02:48
104. Lifestar 1 and 19p direct.
02:53
Thank you, Peter. All right. Thank you.
02:59
Therefore, you can cancel both units.
03:02
8-0144, cancel both units. Let's start 119 piece. Please.
03:09
124 teams on the same command.
03:13
Let's throw one more direct.
03:19
I get you to pull up for just a minute.
03:29
Patrick.
03:33
Jessica, can you move to a nine? Oh.
03:40
Man to hazmat 1.
03:43
Just give you an update.
03:49
Play that fast, Matt 1.
03:53
The solid sanitizer,
03:56
they poured eight cups of granulars into a bucket of fluorine.
04:02
I sent a crew in with meters, no readings inside throughout the first watch area.
04:09
We're checking the rest of the businesses in the strip mall as well.
04:18
Copy. I thought you guys were going to wait outside. Just ensure that they're wearing SCBA because this mixture may produce a toxic chlorine gas.
04:33
And right now is the bucket still reacting or is the bucket out of the building?
04:42
The occupants stuck it outside and dumped it in the woods.
04:47
So I've sent a crew there as well to find that for you when you get here.
04:55
Copy so the product has been removed.
05:00
Yes, sir, that is correct.
05:06
Man, dump site can look at it, well.
05:11
You got any runoff issues?
05:16
Negative. It's about 8 feet from where I'm standing.
05:22
About 12 inches on time.
05:29
Okay.
05:31
Just mark it and step back over here and we'll get them to protect that area is also.
05:39
There's a tree with three pink markers. It's about 8 feet then.
05:48
Control from Asmap 1.
05:51
Go ahead, sir.
05:58
Can you have emergency management contact agent to a cell phone and notify them with this incident?
06:08
Tenful.
06:13
Derek, can you walk back here?
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Location mentioned:
Near Towncenter Dr Ste A, Clemmons, NC 27012
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