Dive Summary:
- Pungent odor spilling out of a sanitation truck resulted in a thorough inspection from the hazardous materials response unit in Chicago, Illinois.
- An emergency call was phoned in by a citizen and the hazmat team, police responders, including foot patrol and police dogs, and fire crews all arrived on the scene to investigate.
- Officials suspect that garbage leaking from a sanitation truck was to blame for the overwhelming odor.
From the article:
At 7 a.m., someone called 911 from that address to report the odor.
No buildings were evacuated and traffic, including foot traffic, has not been rerouted, according to police News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada.
The city’s Department of Sewers was also notified, police said.
