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Leaking acid bottle in a FedEx truck shuts Beacon Street near Kenmore Square at start of rush hour

By adamg on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 5:20pm
Truck with leaking acid bottle near BU dorm

Hazmat crew works on package as other firefighters maintain their distance. Photo by Liz Porcari.

The Boston Fire Department reports a bottle of hydrochloric acid started leaking in the back of a FedEx truck parked outside BU's Myles Standish Hall on Beacon Street, at Bay State Road, around 4:45 p.m.

The intersection was shut as the hazmat unit arrived to deal with the situation; BU Police told people to avoid the area.

Around 5:35, the bottle was packed in a larger container for disposal by a company that specializes in such things; the "hot zone" around it sprayed with neutralizing foam.

Neighborhoods: 
Fenway
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Kenmore Square
Bay State Road
Beacon Street
Boston University


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Comments

By Mike S on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 5:27pm.

After hearing cop cars fly down Mass Ave. towards Beacon St. about 10 minutes ago and hearing helicopters hovering about 5 minutes ago, I wanted to see what was going on.

I checked boston.com, bostonglobe.com, all 4 local news channels & websites and even Boston Police twitter accounts. NONE had any info on this.

Congrats for having such a fast-reporting site, Adam!!! You literally beat all Boston media to this story!!!

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By adamg on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 5:52pm.

Credit really goes to all the folks on Twitter who "@'ed" me with reports; I'd just gotten back from picking daughter up from school and had no clue anything was going on (same with the Dedham train fatality). Also, BFD does a great job tweeting from the scene.

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By fenwickian on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 5:32pm.

thanks, Adam

we wondered what all the helicopters were doing over here...

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By anon on Wed, 02/03/2016 - 6:46am.

Every time I think I've seen the most ridiculous over-reaction by the public safety apparatus, I read another news story the next day.

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By Dayveed on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 5:55pm.

Adam, you rock. This is the first place I turn to now for breaking Boston-related news. Even if I have to read the occasional insult about my town just outside of Boston. (Hint: gobble gobble).

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By SwirlyGrrl on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 6:04pm.

Not today.

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By Neighbor4 on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 6:27pm.

It's (sometimes) even faster via Adam's Twitter Account.

H/T.

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By Kathode on Wed, 02/03/2016 - 7:38am.

That's what I checked when I was sitting in traffic on the bridge and seeing lots of blue lights.

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