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NEWS MEMBERS of the Hazmat unit (left) respond to a chemical spill that occurred Thursday at SunValley Foods on Leckie Place in Kelowna. Ambulance personnel (below) were called to assist Sun Valley workers who were exposed to the vapour created by the mixture of chlorine and a citrus cleaning solution.
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FLIPPED OVER…A semi transport truck carrying a roller coaster for West Coast Amusements flipped over after exiting Highway 97 C onto a runaway lane near Brenda Mine earlier this week. It was heading east on the Connector when it began experiencing difficulty, headed up the very steep exit lane and then rolled back down. The driver was rattled but uninjured.
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Five-car pileup on Springfield Avenue A multi-vehicle crash shut down a busy road, knocked out power lines and sent six people to hospital Wednesday night. Kelowna RCMP headed to the five vehicle crash, shortly after 6 p.m., June 27. “The investigation is ongoing in regard to how the crash happened but speed appears to have been a factor,” said Const. Kris Clark. “The information I have suggests that six persons—unknown age/gender—were taken to hospital with minor/ moderate non-life threatening injuries.” Although there were few serious injuries, traffic was snarled for some time as Springfield Road was shut down between Dillworth Drive and Durnin Road, so crews could deal with another issue. Those who lived in the area had to contend with a blackout, Staff Sgt. Blake MacLeod explained, as there were downed power lines. FortisBC worked into the wee hours of the night, ensuring power lines were made safe before the road was opened to traffic.
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Hazmat unit responds to Sun Valley Foods Wade Paterson STAFF REPORTER
More than 75 people were evacuated around 3 p.m. Thursday after a chemical spill at Sun Valley Foods in Kelowna. Deputy fire chief Lou Wilde said that the Hazardous Materials unit was brought in after two products were spilled and then
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mixed together. “We had a call to this business for a spill of a couple products. One we know is chlorine, the other one is a citrus cleaning solution containing citric acid. The two of them mixed, giving off a vapour that was a respiratory irritant,” said Wilde. The deputy fire chief added that the mixture can also create a rash or burning sensation. About six other businesses east of Sun Valley Foods were also evacuated as a precaution. “It’s a big volume
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out of this building and have them go into another building and having people exposed.” According to Wilde, three people were immediately involved with the spill; therefore, the first priority was decontaminating them. Glenn Braithwaite, district supervisor with B.C. Ambulance Service, said that there were no
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building that we’re talking about; it’s taken quite some time to get the vapours out of it,” said Wilde. “As a precaution, we evacuated from the railroad tracks at the bottom of Dilworth to Enterprise and from the west side of Dilworth to the property line here. “We don’t want to be ventilating the vapours
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life-threatening injuries. “We don’t believe that anybody’s been directly exposed to this. But we are aware that the substances that we’re dealing with do have an after effect that can mitigate itself after the fact.,” said Braithwaite. “We anticipate that we’re going to transport three patients to the Kelowna General Hospital; we’re assessing 33 other patients that we may or may not transport to the hospital.” At 4:40 p.m. the air quality in the building was deemed safe and employees were allowed to return to the building.
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