HAZMAT teams responded to a bromide leak that triggered the building's fire alarms Wednesday morning. Fire officials said building occupants had undergone an evacuation drill just two weeks ago.
HAZMAT teams responded to a bromide leak that triggered the building's fire alarms this morning. Officials say the leak does not pose a public threat, and no injuries were reported.
Update: 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 6 [Editor's note: Officials on the scene identified the incident as a bromine leak. The chemical compound was actually bromide, or Brom-T, according to the official release from the fire district. Bromide is a chemical compound that contains bromine or a bromine ion. It is considered less reactive than bromine. The references below to bromine are corrected.] Wednesday's chemical leak at a corporate office in Lisle on Warrenville Road is not deemed hazardous to the public, according to Lisle-Woodridge Fire officials. A pump failure occurred shortly before 8 a.m. in the building's mechanical room on the first floor. The failing equipment pumps water with bromide tablets throughout the corporate office's …
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Lori T
5:51 pm on Wednesday, June 6, 2012
I live a half block just south of the incident. I am very chemical sensitive. Around 8:30-9:00am I started feeling very dizzy with mild headache. If this chemical is not toxic than this is one huge coincidence. After I left the Lisle area shortly before 11am I no longer felt dizzy but have felt ill all day. more ›