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Muriatic acid fumes from a chemical storage closet on Tuesday brought Sisters-Camp Sherman firefighters and a Salem hazardous ...

After two children were burned by pool chemicals poured onto a Longmeadow park playground slide Sunday, the Longmeadow Fire Department explained why the chemicals were stored at a park with a pool ...

into the deep end of the pool where the seven children were swimming. When mixed, chlorine and muriatic acid (also known as hydrochloric acid) creates a gas harmful to the eyes and airways ...

The van hit a tree off Route 15 around 1:30 a.m. and the impact caused a mix of pool maintenance chemicals, including chlorine and muriatic acid, to break open and release vapor in the van ...

including one carrying pool chemicals, collided in Lithia on Thursday morning. HCFR’s Hazardous Incidents Team worked to safely remove the chemicals, which included chlorine, muriatic acid, and ...

The shaft led to a room where chemicals used to operate the pool were stored. A hazmat team determined that muriatic acid was the chemical that was poured on the slides. Muriatic acid ...

Instead, firefighters found a crushed container of muriatic acid, a diluted form of hydrochloric acid commonly used for pool maintenance. When the trash truck compacted the garbage, the liquid ...