OSHKOSH, (WTAQ) – Oshkosh Police had to deal with a chemical leak at Hydrite Chemical, 191 W. 28th Ave., with some businesses in the area being evacuated.
The evacuation was precautionary, and there was never a general evacuation order.
Police say “no great danger to the public, just so long as you don’t come into actual contact with the chemical.”
Police did not say what type of chemicals are involved.
The Oshkosh Police Department, Oshkosh Fire Department, along with members from the Hydrite Chemical Company, stopped the leak and cleaned up the mess at the facility.
The incident was reported by Hydrite Chemical this morning at 6:46.
