Officials said about 10 to 12 people were working on a 16-foot refrigerator line when anhydrous ammonia began leaking from a 99-Cent Only store warehouse overnight.
Authorities lifted a shelter in place that was issued after an overnight chemical leak at a warehouse in west Harris County, according to firefighters.The Harris County Fire Marshal's Office said crews responded to a leak at an 800,000-square-foot warehouse in the 23600 block of Colonial Parkway at about 8:42 p.m. on Saturday.
About 10 to 12 people who were working on the line at the time of the leak, were evacuated from the building, according to Harris County Fire Marshal Laurie Christensen. "The leak could not be stopped. So we pulled the crews out," McAteer said. "There's a potential for 24,000 pounds in the system." On Sunday, the feeder roads north and southbound of 99 at I-10 were reopened after being closed for hours as crews worked to contain the gas. A shelter in place was issued at about 8:30 a.m. and lasted until about 1 p.m.
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