Title supplied by cataloger. Firefighters evacuated about 60 people from DWC laundry, located in the 1100 block of E. Washington Boulevard, after a 55-gallon drum containing a strong irritant-sodium hydrosulfite sprung a leak. The chemical, a reducing agent, is used in the treatment of textiles. Nine employees complaining of skin and eye irritation were taken to local hospitals as a precautionary measure. Two Hazmat members (on right) can be seen being washed down by other members after they finished inspecting a toxic chemical drum sprung a leak at DWC laundry. April 27, 1988.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 31 cm. on sheet 29 x 34 cm. Photographic prints
Hazardous substances--Accidents--California--Los Angeles Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--California--Los Angeles Buildings--Evacuation--California--Los Angeles Hazardous substances--California--Los Angeles Industrial facilities--California--Los Angeles South Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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