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June 2, 2006

Hazmat team sent to metals refinery

WARWICK – The fire department dispatched a hazardous materials team this morning to a metal refinery in town after police detected fumes in the building when they responded to a burglar alarm that went off, Police Lt. Kevin Mowry said this morning.

Police were called to Pease and Curren at 75 Pennsylvania Ave. at 4:38 a.m., Mowry said.

The responding officers saw a cloud of smoke coming from a ventilation opening outside the building. They called for a company representative to let them in the building. Once inside, they detected fumes, left the building and called the fire department, Mowry said.

Police detected no signs of a burglary and aren’t sure what set off the alarm, Mowry said.

The Warwick Fire Department is still on scene responding to the hydrochloric acid leak, but they’re starting to send crews away from the building, a dispatcher said around 7:20 a.m.

The battalion chief is still at the metral refinery and unavailable to comment at this time, the dispatcher said.

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