SALEM, MASS. (WHDH) - Hazardous materials crews were called in as a precaution after a fire broke out at a mixed-use building in Salem Wednesday night.
Both firefighters and hazmat team members were called to Congress Street where Salem’s Fire Chief told 7NEWS a manufacturing plant was operating.
He said one of the exhaust hoods there used to ventilate an area where chemicals are kept caught fire in the evening, spreading to a nearby room.
Crews were able to quickly contain the flames to a single space, but brought in Hazmat teams as a precaution.
No injuries were reported and later in the night, people were cleared to reenter the building.
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