‘This could resolve itself in two days, but it could get worse before it gets better,’ a Cal Fire division chief said.
A hazardous spill from a railcar tank Thursday night led to 170 evacuations and the closure of both directions of the 215 Freeway near Perris Friday morning, Aug. 12, authorities said.
A HAZMAT team responded and found the leaking chemical to be styrene, which is used to make foam products for commercial purposes, Riverside County Fire Department Captain Oscar Torres said. It’s highly flammable. Evacuation orders were issued for an area north of Markham Street, east of Donna Lane, south of Nandina Avenue and west of Patterson Avenue. In all, 170 residences were ordered evacuated because of the spill.
Crater said he talked with experts throughout the night and was told, “This could resolve itself in two days, but it could get worse before it gets better. They’ve also said due to the heat building in the car, that builds pressure and it could have a release, meaning some sort of violent explosion, that’s why we’re taking an abundance of caution with this.”
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