A bunch of HazMat trucks and emergency response vehicles outside of PacSci — did they blow up a lab or something?
-Slogtipper Jacqui
No, Slogtipper Jacqui, they did not. According to Seattle Fire Department spokeswoman Helen Fitzpatrick, more than a dozen Seattle Fire Department units are on scene at the Pacific Science Center to deal with a chemical spill.
Fitzpatrick says 10 gallons of muriatic acid—which is used to clean pavement—was spilled inside a room at the center. No one was injured.
Jonah, this is one of the thing I love about Slog –
a reader asks about something and it gets answered.
Very cool. Thanks for taking the time to check things out.
In a world were fewer and fewer media outlets bother to research and check things out, you guys once again prove that you’re on the job. Bravo. Keep up the great work.
Oops! Somebody is fired.
Yeah, yeah – same cover story as you get at the start of the average zombie movie.
yikes! you don’t fuck around with muriatic acid…that’s some caustic shit.
Hydrochloric acid, to call it something less anachronistic.