10 months ago
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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - An abandoned metallic drum was recovered connected the banks of a canal adjacent Orosi precocious Thursday nighttime with a "petroleum-based product" inside, the Tulare County Fire Department said.
According to the occurrence department, crews responded to the canal slope astatine Road 128 and Avenue 440 adjacent Orosi. They recovered a 55-gallon drum with an "unknown liquid" wrong and requested Visalia Fire Department's Hazmat squad to respond.
Officials aboriginal determined that the liquid wrong was a "petroleum-based product."
According to the State of California, petroleum products (made from crude oil, ember and earthy gas) tin origin wellness issues.
The incidental was turned implicit to Tulare County Environmental Health.
