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Hazmat situation cleared at Grapevine CHP weigh station

Feven Kay, Monica Dattage

5:59 AM, Jul 11, 2018

LEBEC, Calif. - The Kern County Fire Department was called out to a hazmat situation early Wednesday morning at the California Highway Patrol Weigh Station located at the base of the Grapevine.

KCFD says a semi-truck was parked at the scales when CHP noticed it was leaking an unknown chemical. They isolated the truck and were able to determine that is was aluminum chloride, a corrosive material, leaking from a bin being transported by the truck.

KCFD Haz-mat worked with KC Environmental Health to completely clean up the area.

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