TAKING HAZARDOUS SPILLS
The Orange County Hazardous Materials Team, administered by the county Health Care Agency division of environmental health, responds to calls on chemical spills and other incidents involving hazardous materials. Sometimes it goes to the site, other times it advises citizens or local fire departments over the phone.
Of 17 local fire departments in Orange County (16 city departments plus the county), three have hazardous materials units that cover the county through mutual aid agreements-- Anaheim, Huntington Beach and the county station in Irvine. HAZMAT is called in most, but not all, incidents. Following is HAZMAT’s spill response log for March.
Date: March 3 Location of Incident: McGaw & Von Karman avenues, Irvine Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Two unknown materials in drums
Date: March 3 Location of Incident: 7677 Center Ave., Huntington Beach Material Handler: Memorial Hospital Materials Involved: Ethylene oxide
Date: March 3 Location of Incident: 414 E. Palmyra Ave., Orange Material Handler: Homeowner Materials Involved: Chemicals used to make rocket fuel
Date: March 6 Location of Incident: 2895 E. Treeview Place, Fullerton Material Handler: Unocal Materials Involved: Crude oil
Date: March 8 Location of Incident: O’Neill Park, Trabuco Canyon Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Unknown (5-gallon can)
Date: March 8 Location of Incident: 11540 Panay St., Cypress Material Handler: Homeowner Materials Involved: 10 gallons gasoline
Date: March 10 Location of Incident: 921 S. Euclid St., Anaheim Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Waste oil
Date: March 13 Location of Incident: 6772 Westminster Blvd., Westminster Material Handler: General Telephone Materials Involved: Roofing material
Date: March 15 Location of Incident: 10401 Orrey Place, Garden Grove Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Unknown
Date: March 15 Location of Incident: Thorton Park, 1801 E. Segerstrom Ave., Santa Ana Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Muriatic acid, sodium hypochlorite
Date: March 16 Location of Incident: 16252 Construction Circle East, Irvine Material Handler: Lewis Manufacturing Materials Involved: Cyanide, metal sludge
Date: March 16 Location of Incident: Warner Avenue & Asari Lane, Huntington Beach Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Infectious waste
Date: March 19 Location of Incident: Irvine Center Drive, Irvine Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Muriatic acid
Date: March 20 Location of Incident: 1 Smoketree Ave., Irvine Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Muriatic acid
Date: March 21 Location of Incident: 20101 Golden West St., Huntington Beach Material Handler: Shell Oil Materials Involved: Hydrogen peroxide
Date: March 21 Location of Incident: 1315 W. Brasher St., Anaheim Material Handler: Reliable Recovery Materials Involved: Zinc dust
Date: March 22 Location of Incident: Garfield Avenue near Ward Street, Huntington Beach Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Chlorine or hydrochloric acid
Date: March 22 Location of Incident: 15744 Golden West St., Huntington Beach Material Handler: Golden West College Materials Involved: Picric acid
Date: March 22 Location of Incident: 7292 Slater Ave., Huntington Beach Material Handler: General Telephone Materials Involved: Chlorine
Date: March 25 Location of Incident: 25142 Front St., El Toro Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Pharmaceuticals
Date: March 27 Location of Incident: Arroyo Park, Palm Drive & Rose Drive, Placentia Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Unknown gas cylinder
Date: March 28 Location of Incident: Imperial Highway, north of Prospect Avenue, Placentia Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Gasoline
Date: March 28 Location of Incident: Price Club, 33961 Doheny Park Road, Dana Point Material Handler: Calgon, Roadway Trucking, Southern California Edison Materials Involved: Hydrazine
Date: March 29 Location of Incident: 920 E. Imperial Highway, Brea Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Hydrochloric acid, phenol crystals
Date: March 30 Location of Incident: Brookhurst Street, Westminster Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Unknown; 6 leaking drums
Date: March 31 Location of Incident: East Bluff Drive & Vista del Oro, Newport Beach Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Aviation fuel (plane crash)
Date: March 31 Location of Incident: 12156 Adrian St., Garden Grove Material Handler: Apartment tenant Materials Involved: Methamphetamine
Date: March 31 Location of Incident: Chapman Avenue & Manchester Place, Orange Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Paint
Date: March 31 Location of Incident: 6952 Garden Grove Blvd., Garden Grove Material Handler: Unknown Materials Involved: Unknown
Source: Orange County Health Care Agency, environmental health division
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