PEORIA, Ariz. - Several Peoria homes were evacuated Sunday morning as hazmat teams responded to a chlorine leak.
"There are two 150 gallon tanks of chlorine in there and we know one of them is leaking," said Tim Eiden, a spokesperson for the City of Peoria Fire & Medical Department.
Peoria fire officials said there was a chlorine leak at a water treatment plant near Lake Pleasant and West Beardsley roads before 10 a.m.
Several fire departments responded to the first alarm hazardous situation. A few homes near the plant were evacuated as a precaution.
According to Eiden, at a high enough concentration chlorine gas can cause sickness, dizziness and even death but he said the levels today were nowhere near that.
After about 4.5 hours on scene hazmat crews were able to shut down the leak and secure the area.
Firefighters say nobody was hurt or became ill due to the leak.
Residents were also allowed back in their homes.
The department did take extra precautions to make sure firefighters were safe as well.
"We will take full decontamination procedures because they will be exposed to chlorine gas inside the building," said Eiden.