25 Firefighters Decontaminated After Fighting Two-Alarm Staten Island Blaze

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(Rosebank-WABC) — Twenty-five firefighters were decontaminated after fighting a second-alarm fire in a plant in the Rosebank section of Staten Island.

The firefighters were exposed to clay dust while battling the blaze inside Sun Chemical Corporation at 441 Tompkins Avenue just before 9:30 a.m.

Nine of the 25 firefighters had to be were hospitalized with minor injuries. They were all expected to be treated and released.

The flash fire sparked inside a mixing hopper in the plant, spreading clay dust over the firefighters. Clay dust is a non-toxic irritant and is not believed to have seriously hurt the firefighter.










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