Members of the Dayton Fire Department suit up and wait for instructions in the safe “cold zone” at the Fuji Film Hunt Chemical USA Inc. plant off Manufacturers Road in Dayton, Tenn., after a chemical spill Friday.DAYTON, Tenn. – About 350 gallons of an isopropyl alcohol and toluene mixture spilled in the Fuji Film Hunt Chemical plant around 7 a.m. Friday, officials said.
Diane Rainey, in senior management corporate communications for Fuji Film, said Friday afternoon that the size of the spill actually was less than the nearly 900 gallons earlier thought to have been involved.
Both Rainey and Chief Chuck Suttles with the Dayton Fire Department said no one was injured and the environment was safe after the incident.
Toluene is a solvent used in chemical preparation that can cause unconsciousness and death in large-enough exposures. Isopropyl alcohol is not as toxic and is widely used as a solvent and cleaning fluid
Suttles said emergency workers from the Sale Creek and Garrison volunteer fire departments, state and county emergency management services and Chattanooga and Hamilton County rescue reported to the chemical plant at 411 Manufacturers Road “regarding a pulled fire alarm in Building 6.”