VANDALIA HAZMAT RESPONSE 

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, A REPORTED FIRE TURNED INTO A HAZMAT RESPONSE YESTERDAY (TUESDAY). 
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN VANDALIA (VAN DAYL YUH), NORTH OF DAYTON (DAY-TUHN), FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRE AT THE AMERI-WATER PURIFICATION PLANT EARLY YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) MORNING. INSTEAD OF FINDING A FIRE, THE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THEY FOUND A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS LEAK. IN A STATEMENT THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE DAYTON REGIONAL HAZMAT TEAM RESPONDED AND MITIGATED A HYDROCHLORIC ACID LEAK TO MINIMIZE HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS. ROADS WERE CLOSED AND BOTH BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WERE UNDER A SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER UNTIL 9AM.