HAZMAT situation prompts evacuations in Point Breeze: police
HAZMAT situation prompts evacuation of 3 city blocks
Three city blocks in Point Breeze had to be evacuated after neighbors reported smelling bleach and ammonia in a building.
POINT BREEZE - A scary situation in Point Breeze as three city blocks were evacuated after a HAZMAT episode.
Philadelphia police and firefighters responded to a call of a smell of bleach and ammonia on South 22nd Street Friday morning, just after 11 a.m., officials said.
Officers say they went to a house and found a possible hoarding situation and the property was deemed uninhabitable.
The property was eventually cleared and no one was found inside.
"We had issues with the property so we wanted to make sure, for everyone’s safety, that we handled it in a particular way," Captain Kenneth McKinney, with Philly police, stated. "We are reaching out to L&I to come out to the location."
L&I and the fire department are working to make sure the neighborhood is safe to return to.