UPDATE: Hazmat Situation Cleared At Fremont Industrial Gas Supplier
FREMONT (CBS SF) -- Firefighters and hazardous materials crews responded to a fire at an industrial gas supplier in Fremont Wednesday that shut down the surrounding area for several hours.
Fremont police issued an alert just after 9:15 a.m. about the incident at Air Liquide at 46405 Landing Parkway just west of Interstate Highway 880 and north of Warren Ave.
Several businesses in the area were told to shelter in place due to possible hazardous chemicals escaping from the building, and Fremont police were asking people to avoid the area.
"[The fire] was extinguished before our arrival to now being a hazardous material incident," said Deputy Chief of Operations Zoraida Diaz. "They store unknown chemicals and transport unknown chemicals."
The cause of a fire that turned into a hazardous materials incident at Air Liquide on Landing Pkwy is under investigation. An initial shelter in place order given as a precaution has been lifted. Firefighters remain on site and will continue to monitor the air quality in the bldg pic.twitter.com/DaGuWuyCvV
— Fremont Fire Department (@FremontFire) February 16, 2022
Crews worked on ventilating the building and were treating all chemicals as hazardous until they know exactly what they are. More details about the nature of the hazardous chemicals were not immediately available.
Just before 1 p.m. police said the hazmat spill was cleared and all surrounding roads had been reopened around Landing Parkway and Fremont Boulevard.