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Three people taken to hospital after chemical spill at Sydney university
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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10/15/2024
Three people have been taken to hospital after a chemical reaction near the University of Sydney campus. Emergency services are still on the scene.
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The chemical reaction causing the fire happened right here behind me on Codrington Street
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just outside of the University of Sydney Sports Aquatic Centre.
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Around 10am a university staff member was transporting chemicals in a bucket down this
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public road when a reaction resulted in flash fire and fumes.
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When our firefighters arrived they experienced a person who had been exposed to a chemical
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reaction, an exothermic, a heat-releasing reaction between two chemicals that were being
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transported by hand down a footpath from point A to point B.
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And we've had two chemicals that have been mixed together and for some reason or another
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unintentionally there's been this reaction.
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The university staff member carrying the chemicals has suffered burns on his arms.
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Two other bystanders have also been exposed to the fumes.
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All three of them have been transported to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
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Meanwhile Fire and Rescue NSW has set up this exclusion zone behind us where specialised
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HAZMAT crews have been working on analysing the chemicals and decontaminating the area.
01:04
We are now just using our processes to go through the steps to make sure that the whole
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site is rendered safe and decontaminated.
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We've gone through the buildings and decontaminated some showers where we believe the three people
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were showered off, which is a good thing, they were cleaned off by themselves and people
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in and around it.
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They've been cleaned off and sent to hospital in a clean condition and they're being treated.
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Fire and Rescue NSW believe the compounds in question were legacy acid-based chemicals
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and the person carrying them may have been in the process of disposing of them.
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