A total of nine people were injured and seven were hospitalized Monday morning after a hazmat incident in Saugus. At around 5:30 a.m. first responders received reports of a hazmat incident at 23119 Drayton Street, according to Sanchez Giovanni with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “It came in as a hazmat call,” said Giovanni. The business at the location ...
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UPDATE: Northbound 5 Freeway Reopened After Tanker Truck Leak
UPDATE 6:15 p.m.: All lanes of the Northbound 5 Freeway have reopened in Castaic, after a SIG Alert was instated earlier in the day as a result of a leaking tanker truck releasing Hydrogen Peroxide. A leaking tanker truck releasing Hydrogen Peroxide along the northbound 5 Freeway just a mile south from Templin Highway has caused a hazmat response from ...
Read More »UPDATE: Big Rig Truck Spill Prompts Highway 126 Closure Near I-5
Emergency personnel are responding to a chemical spill on Interstate 5 near the Highway 126 interchange, officials said Tuesday. Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies, California Highway Patrol officers and county Fire Department personnel have been on the scene since about 8:40 a.m. Traffic on Highway 126 is shut down in both directions, and there are multiple road closures, but I-5 remains open as officials work to clean up an acid spill. HazMat officials with the Los Angeles County Fire Department are working on getting the road clear.
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