On Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 6:16 AM, 4 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 5 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 2 Hazardous Materials Teams, 1 EMS Battalion Captain, 1 Battalion Chief Officer Command Team, under the direction of Battalion Chief Greg Gibson responded to a HAZ-MAT at 333 S. Alameda St. in The Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles.

Firefighters arrived to discover a leak causing the spill of an unknown substance in a large cold storage facility. Further investigation revealed several gallons of ammonia had spilled inside the structure from a utility room. Crews took precautions as they commenced with the evacuation of a dozen individuals, who were in the building doing some repairs.

Only one onsite manager was directly affected by the spill, with minor injury. He was treated and transported.

One Firefighter suffered a non life threatening exposure injury and was transported to area hospital for observation. The cause and investigation of this incident was turned over to L.A. County Health Haz-Mat.

Submitted by Devin Gales
Los Angeles Fire Department