Chemical spill at Elizabethtown automotive facility, Elizabethtown KY
Emergency units responded to AGC Automotive near Auto Glass Drive in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, for a chemical spill involving butyl acetate. The spill reached nearby waterways and retention ponds. Emergency medical services were on standby in case of hazardous exposure.
Audio|Source: Hardin County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Is hazardous materials still? Community at AGC Automotive, near Auto Glass Drive, Elizabethtown.
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Cross streets of Litchfield Road, come up 1017.
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Control.
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Context, go ahead.
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Show some service.
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So I have you in service, respond to 307 West Dixie Avenue, 307 West Dixie Avenue.
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It's going to be St.
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Jake Catholic Church.
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On a 67-year-old female has gone unresponsive several times, awake now and breathing.
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It's going to be in the back building behind the church.
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Squad one. Squad one.
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Respond to near Auto Glass Drive.
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Near Auto Glass Drive.
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It's going to be AGC Automotive.
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295 is in service.
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For a standby, 1019.
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We're okay.
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You can show us in service.
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Service,
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respond to near Auto Glass Drive, near Auto Glass Drive.
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Your cross streets, Litchfield Road, it's going to be AGC Automotive.
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On a chemical spill.
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Working you on.
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All right.
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All four, I mean service at 1019.
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We're going to be clear a scene, patient in the hands corner.
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We're going to be temporary service and outpatient one for resupply.
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Near Auto Glass Drive, AGC Automotive, caller advised butyl acetate spill, unknown amount.
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They advised that it did reach the waterways and reach the retention ponds.
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We're going to have EMS on standby.
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The RG response card 1.229.
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2.04, so okay.
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Part 1, go ahead.
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Has anyone advised that they have a predetermined staging location?
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Negative.
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Let you know when they do.
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We're okay, thank you.
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1 3.E.R.G. 129 for fire.
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The initial evacuation radius is 1,000 feet.
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If y'all want to stage at Alluvlas and 62 until we get further from fire, I'll have us.
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I have you unseen 205 in a minute 1021.
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Location mentioned:
Auto Glass Dr, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
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