HAZMAT Incident at Huntsman Plant and Other Chemical Industry News

Hazardous materials personnel were sent to the Huntsman Chemical plant in the Atwater Villager area of Los Angeles after a vapor cloud formed inside the facility the morning of March 18. 

An automatic fire alarm activated at the location around 8:40 a.m. after a mixing vessel overheated and a pressure relief valve was initiated as it was designed to, the Los Angeles Fire Department said in a post on its Facebook page.

The HAZMAT crew learned that a one-component epoxy system called “Reninfusion 8610” was in the vessel at the time of the incident. An investigation into the cause of the incident is underway.

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