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BFD responding to bucket of chlorine bubbling outside of SW Bakersfield home

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. —

A bucket of chlorine outside of a Southwest Bakersfield home lead to a response from the City of Bakersfield Fire Department and BPD.

According to BPD, officers were called out to the 2800 block of Flint Hills Drive in Southwest Bakersfield around 9:45 a.m. for a possible hazmat situation. BFD says that initial reports were of a container bubbling over.

When firefighters arrived, BFD says they determined it was pool shock reacting to the rain.

BPD, BFD, and hazmat crews were called out to the scene.

Bakersfield, CA

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