MANCHESTER, N.H. (WHDH) - Four families are left with no place to go and one resident has been hospitalized following a Tier 1 hazardous materials incident in, Manchester, New Hampshire Sunday, officials say.
Crews responding to reports of an unknown odor coming from the basement of a three-story-home on Merrimack Street found high levels of volatile organic compounds.
The building was evacuated after investigators discovered five gallons of an unknown solvent spilled in the basement.
Although the contaminated soil was removed and the building was ventilated, the odor and air quality couldn’t be improved to the point where the families could safely go back inside.
One resident was transported to Elliot Hospital to be evaluated for high levels of Carbon Monoxide in his blood.
The Red Cross was notified and is working to find the families temporary homes until the area can be cleared.
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