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Thursday, April 08, 2010

Ind. Courts - "Noxious fumes shut Steuben’s courthouse"

Rebecca S. Green reports in a brief story in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:

The Steuben County Courthouse has been closed for more than a day this week because of a chemical reaction involving drain cleaners. The building is expected to reopen today.

According to Mayo Sanders, president of the county commissioners, the building was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after two drain-cleaning chemicals came into contact with each other and reacted.

When crews were cleaning the building’s drains, they switched from one cleaner to another during the process, Sanders said.

“They got together, and they weren’t compatible,” he said.

The fumes from the chemicals’ reaction resulted in the fire department’s being summoned and the building’s evacuation. Hopes of reopening Wednesday morning proved futile when it became evident fumes were still trapped on the building’s third floor. So the building stayed closed, Sanders said.

And don't try this at home!

Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 8, 2010 09:16 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts