IRVINE : Solvent in Storm Drain Kept From Reaching Ocean
A hazardous materials unit from the County Fire Department acted quickly Tuesday to keep a cleaning solvent from pouring into the ocean.
An employee of an Irvine whirlpool maker inadvertently flushed the solvent into a storm drain, officials said.
The Fire Department team built a dirt dike in a storm drain at 1922 Barranca Parkway, halting the flow of 150 gallons of the milky-white substance.
The company, Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath, ordinarily and legally disposes of the solvent by pouring it into a sewer, said Emmy Day, a Fire Department spokeswoman.
The solvent was contained completely and posed no danger to the public, Day said.
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