A possible explosion was averted on May 29 at a Spokane, Washington, transfer station after a vehicle transporting hazardous materials entered the facility.
The Spokane County Regional Solid Waste North Transfer Station was evacuated due to a white gas being emitted and is closed until further notice, according to a news release from the county.
Spokane County Public Works spokeswoman Martha Lou Wheatley-Billeter tells The Spokesman-Review that the truck’s bed contained chlorine tablets, pesticides, and fertilizer—a combination that could have resulted in an explosion and the release of deadly gases. Wheatley-Billeter stresses the importance of caution and care when disposing of hazardous household waste, which is accepted at county transfer stations on Saturdays and Sundays…