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Haz-Mat in Lawrence
Lawrence Township (MERCER)--The Trenton Fire Department’s hazardous materials team responded mutual aid into Lawrence Township (Mercer County) after 17 bottles containing unknown chemicals were found by police after they arrested a man on drug-related charges on Friday, October 24, 2008. It was about 4:30 p.m. when Lawrence Township police called out the local fire company, Lawrence Road (Station 22), and Trenton’s HazMat team to the Eggerts Crossing Village apartment complex on Johnson Avenue. Firefighters found that police had placed the bottles on the sidewalk outside one of the apartment buildings. After the surrounding area was secured, Trenton firefighters Frank Wilcox and Anthony Moran donned Level B suits, entered the hot zone, and used a portable computer and other high-tech equipment to analyze the bottles’ contents. Ultimately, they were identified as toluene, dimethylamine, caesium hydroxide and other flammable and corrosive chemicals. A representative of the state Department of Environmental Protection was on hand to supervise the removal of the chemicals by a clean-up contractor. While they admitted some of the chemicals could be used in a makeshift methamphetamine lab, authorities said they are still investigating why the suspect was in possession of the chemicals.
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