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Contact: Marty Doll, Communications Coordinator
Phone 952-826-0396 • Fax 952-826-0390 • Web www.CityofEdina.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Edina Fire Department responds to chemical spill at Edina
High School
Edina, Minn., Oct. 15, 2010 – At 7:50 a.m. Oct. 15, the Edina Fire Department responded to a
chemical spill at Edina High School, 6754 Valley View Road. No one was injured, but both Edina High
School and Valley View Middle School were evacuated and classes canceled as precautionary
measures. School officials say the spill occurred in an area where no students were present.
Edina fire crews arrived on the scene at 7:53 a.m. They learned that a chemical neutralization tank –
used to hold and neutralize discarded chemicals from the school’s science labs – had backed up and
began leaking onto the high school floor. Paramedics examined a school janitor who was present at
the time of the spill, but he was released with no signs of injury.
A State chemical assessment team, consisting of members of the Hopkins Fire Department, arrived
to test the make-up of the chemicals and determine a method of clean-up. Test results showed that
the chemical mixture had already been neutralized, and did not pose an immediate health threat. An
emergency spill response crew was called in to begin cleaning up the spill.
For more information, visit www.edina.k12.mn.us or contact the Edina Fire Department at 952-826-
0330.
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