By Jed Logan/Assistant Editor
Hollister firefighters were all geared up and ready to go as they rushed out
to what they believed was a hazardous material spill, only to find that what had
been spilled was 50 gallons of wine.
On Oct. 24, the fire department was
called out to the 1400 block of Prune Street after residents in the area
reported a strange purplish liquid running down the street’s gutters and
possibly spilling into the storm drains, firefighters said. The department’s
policy is that whenever they come across an unknown substance, they treat it as
though the material could be hazardous.
However, once they arrived at
the scene, firefighters, who had already begun to don hazardous materials suits
identified the substance as wine, fire officials said.
Once it was
identified, the fire department called officials at the Public Works Department
for help. A nearby public works crew threw absorbing material over the wayward
wine spill, scooped it up with shovels and placed it in a container for
disposal.
Fire officials said they were not sure exactly what caused the
spill, several neighbors contacted by the Free Lance said they had no idea there
had ever been a spill. The incident is still under
investigation.
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