(UPDATED 4 p.m. Wed.) Cities Had Drilled for Chemical Spill at Columbia Heights Water Plant
Tuesday's chemical reaction was contained to a building 1/2 mile south of Fridley.
Update (4 p.m. Wednesday): The City of Minneapolis water plant where a chemical accident took place Tuesday was the site of an emergency drill last May that simulated a chlorine spill outside of the building. Here is more about that drill, via Minneapolis spokesman Matt Liable (skip down to the next Update section to read about Tuesday's accident): We simulated a full scale chlorine release and response at the Columbia Heights facility on 5/3/11. The scenario for the drill was that a chlorine tank fell while unloading it from the delivery vehicle. We simulated a scenario that fuseable plug on the tank cracked on impact and the tank started to leak. In the scenario, one of the City employees was overcome by the chlorine, and the driver and…
