Nearly 400 gallons of foam fills Alabama Coast Guard hangar after ‘fault in system’

MOBILE, Ala. ( WKRG ) — United States Coast Guard crewmen on duty at the Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama, were shocked to find their hangar full of high-expansion foam on Sunday evening.

According to Lt. Earl Roberts, the Mobile Aviation Training Center Public Relations Officer, the foam was activated due to a fault in the system.

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He said a crew member left Hangar 2 to go to another hangar to work on an aircraft. But when that crew member returned, Hangar 2’s alarms were going off, and nearly 400 gallons of high-expansion foam began filling the building.

“Still cleaning up (and) by the time we are done with the inspections and everything, it will probably last us till the end of the week,” Lt. Roberts said.

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“We have a barracks over on the other side of the base,” Lt. Roberts, who was on duty Sunday evening, said. “I was hanging out over there watching some Netflix.”

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