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Mercury Spilled on Person at Massachusetts General Hospital

55 Fruit St

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Summary

  • Firefighters responded to a mercury spill incident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where the hazardous material reportedly came into contact with a person. The hazmat chief is coordinating the response efforts on site.

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A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 55 Fruit St.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 55 Fruit St.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 55 Fruit St.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 55 Fruit St.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 55 Fruit St.

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Radio Clips

BFD Main Dispatch (Digital) · Aug 26, 9:55PM · 0:08
Car 4 to fire alarm. Car 4, you're with the companies, your hazmat chief. He's on fire.
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BFD Main Dispatch (Digital) · Aug 26, 8:59PM · 0:08
Car 3 on scene, you're on channel 3, you will be command, okay, car, okay, C6? C6, on. 20 from 24.
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BFD Main Dispatch (Digital) · Aug 26, 8:58PM · 0:28
A level 2 hazmat for mercury spilled on a patient at 55 Fruit Street, nearest box, 135 Mass General Hospital, in the decon room in the emergency department. That's a level 2 hazmat for mercury spilled on another doctor in the emergency department decon room at Mass Gen.
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Comments9

p53Aug 26 at 9:13 PM

What doesn’t kill you, makes you mutated

ICanLickMyElbow2Aug 26 at 11:59 PM

Spin them around so they’ll be in retrograde

DrasselnerBAug 26 at 10:59 PM

Mercury’s rising

finalblueAug 26 at 9:34 PM

I saw at least 3 fire engines and 2 decon units roll in to MGH.

p53Aug 26 at 9:13 PM

What doesn’t kill you, makes you mutated

ICanLickMyElbow2Aug 26 at 11:59 PM

Spin them around so they’ll be in retrograde

DrasselnerBAug 26 at 10:59 PM

Mercury’s rising

finalblueAug 26 at 9:34 PM

I saw at least 3 fire engines and 2 decon units roll in to MGH.

p53Aug 26 at 9:13 PM

What doesn’t kill you, makes you mutated

ICanLickMyElbow2Aug 26 at 11:59 PM

Spin them around so they’ll be in retrograde

DrasselnerBAug 26 at 10:59 PM

Mercury’s rising

finalblueAug 26 at 9:34 PM

I saw at least 3 fire engines and 2 decon units roll in to MGH.

p53Aug 26 at 9:13 PM

What doesn’t kill you, makes you mutated

ICanLickMyElbow2Aug 26 at 11:59 PM

Spin them around so they’ll be in retrograde

DrasselnerBAug 26 at 10:59 PM

Mercury’s rising

finalblueAug 26 at 9:34 PM

I saw at least 3 fire engines and 2 decon units roll in to MGH.

p53Aug 26 at 9:13 PM

What doesn’t kill you, makes you mutated

ICanLickMyElbow2Aug 26 at 11:59 PM

Spin them around so they’ll be in retrograde

DrasselnerBAug 26 at 10:59 PM

Mercury’s rising

finalblueAug 26 at 9:34 PM

I saw at least 3 fire engines and 2 decon units roll in to MGH.

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