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Hazmat Team on 4th Street — Brooklynian

Hazmat Team on 4th Street

jamzer
jamzer
edited November -1 in Park Slope
Between 6th and 7th Avenues in Park Slope. Apparently there are firemen, cops, and people in Hazmat suits. What is going on?

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  • filmlover44
    filmlover44
    http://gothamist.com/2008/04/21/breakinghazmat.php
  • dw438
    dw438
    yeah, someone spilled something.
    not much to see, run along now [said in the tones of my long-dead Irish great-great grandfather city of Brooklyn cop]
  • jamzer
    jamzer
    dw438 wrote: yeah, someone spilled something.
    not much to see, run along now [said in the tones of my long-dead Irish great-great grandfather city of Brooklyn cop]
    When I spill something I usually take a couple of paper towels and clean it up. I don't call a Hazmat team. Its probably nothing, but it does seem like a big to-do over a spill.
  • eggcream
    eggcream
    they dropped one of those "energy efficient" mercury containing light bulbs.
  • queencallipygos
    queencallipygos
    eggcream wrote: they dropped one of those "energy efficient" mercury containing light bulbs.
    The report is that they removed an unidentified liquid from the premises. And the mercury in bulbs is not in a liquid state.
  • rij73
    rij73
    I live right across the street. They removed a body a little while ago. Police have been here since 8am. It's now 2pm. I asked if the hazardous substance was anything to be concerned about and was told not to worry.
  • brooke lynn knight
    brooke lynn knight
    They removed a body? As in, a corpse?

    And an unidentified liquid?

    Yikes.
  • rij73
    rij73
    Yes... a corpse. Medical examiner is still here. I'm really creeped out here, because I am right across the street watching this all unfold through my windows!
  • matt foley
    matt foley

    Subject: Could have been a decomposing body

    Usually biohazard teams are needed at the scene if a corpse has been decomposing for awhile. Of course this is speculation, but it could have been an elderly person who passed away unnoticed a number of days ago.

    There are companies that specialize in this kind of cleanup. Not a job I would want... (article is not for the easily queasy).

    http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/22/nyregion/22cleanup.html?_r=2&sq=gospodarski&st=cse&oref=slogin&scp=1&pagewanted=print
  • rij73
    rij73
    There are always people in and out of that house. I somehow doubt it was a decomposing body, but I guess you never know. ABC News was here a little while ago.
  • rockergirl77
    rockergirl77
    I'm the one that took that pic on Gothamist. That was 10:55 this morning on my walk to work. Anyone have an update besides the body removal? I agree about people leaking fluids when they've been gone for a couple of days, but I've also seen instances where that has happened and have never seen this big of an issue made out of it.
    Does anyone know if that brownstone is apartments or a single family?
  • veets
    veets
    Matt.. I thought I was the kind of person who didn't get queasy but reading that article was pretty disturbing. Faint of heart... don't click on that link.
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    UPDATE: POISON.

    UPDATE: According to the NYPD, the incident in Park Slope this morning involved one fatality: 65-year-old Robert Siegel, whose body was found by his wife. The DEP tested the toxic liquid and determined the substance to be cyanide. Police say they do not suspect criminality at this time.
  • beticobrooklyn
    beticobrooklyn
    veets wrote: Matt.. I thought I was the kind of person who didn't get queasy but reading that article was pretty disturbing. Faint of heart... don't click on that link.
    I live in 4th st...I've heard it was a suicide with cyanide.
  • rij73
    rij73
    Where did you guys get the cyanide info and the name of the victim?
  • beticobrooklyn
    beticobrooklyn
    rij73 wrote: Where did you guys get the cyanide info and the name of the victim?
    I've got the cyanide info from an email from 4th st Block Association...I didn't know the name of the victim.
  • rij73
    rij73
    How do I get on that email list? I live on the same block as this...
  • beticobrooklyn
    beticobrooklyn
    rij73 wrote: How do I get on that email list? I live on the same block as this...
    We've got it in the block party last summer. We put our email in a list when you give some money to help the block party celebration.
  • rij73
    rij73
    AHA... OK, that's what I get for being antisocial. ;)
  • filmlover44
    filmlover44

    Subject: Re: Could have been a decomposing body

    Matt Foley wrote: Usually biohazard teams are needed at the scene if a corpse has been decomposing for awhile. Of course this is speculation, but it could have been an elderly person who passed away unnoticed a number of days ago.

    There are companies that specialize in this kind of cleanup. Not a job I would want... (article is not for the easily queasy).

    http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/22/nyregion/22cleanup.html?_r=2&sq=gospodarski&st=cse&oref=slogin&scp=1&pagewanted=print
    Um, no clicky here. But I hear that it's really good money!
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    rij73 wrote: Where did you guys get the cyanide info and the name of the victim?

    I got it from the Gothamist link....they posted an update.
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