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UPDATED: Possible Toxic Gas Leak Reported at JPL
Firefighters find no leak of a hazardous form of arsenic.
UPDATE, Saturday, Aug. 18, 8:26 a.m.: LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE (CNS) - Firefighters alerted to a possible chemical leak at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge were unable to locate one Saturday.
Los Angeles County Firefighters responded to the JPL campus around 1:30 a.m. to assist the JPL Fire Department in investigating the reported leak, county fire dispatcher Ed Pickett said.
A JPL security officer said no evidence of a leak was found. He declined to say what prompted the leak investigation.
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According to ABC7, a leak of arsine gas -- a potentially lethal form of arsenic -- was indicated.
PREVIOUSLY: A highly-toxic gas may have been accidentally released inside a room at the , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Saturday morning.
Firefighters from station 82 in La Canada, as well as a hazmat crew from Burbank, were on scene some time after 1 a.m. after the possible leak of Arsine was reported in room 302, according to scanner reports.
It is unknown at this time how much may have been released, or how widespread it could be. It is unknown if evacuations were called because of the arsine leak. Fire fighters report no injuries.
This story will continue to be updated as information becomes available.
