Long Beach ammonia leak sealed, street reopened
A street in Long Beach was reopened Monday after an ammonia leak at a storage center near the 710 Freeway shut down the neighborhood for several hours.
Firefighters received an alarm from the building in the 600 block of Anaheim Street about 3 a.m., officials said. At the scene, the first responders could smell the ammonia even before they got inside the building, said Long Beach Fire Department spokesman Matt Dobberpuhl.
Several small leaks were found, and authorities shut down Anaheim Street for blocks in both directions, officials said. The offramp from the 710 Freeway onto Anaheim Street also was temporarily closed.
No injuries were reported. The incident was the second leak at the storage facility in less than four months.
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