Factory Fumes Led To Levittown Hazmat Responders Dispatched

LEVITTOWN, PA — Firefighters and Hazmat teams from Bucks County and Trenton were dispatched to the Covanta facility in Morrisville for a hazmat call Wednesday afternoon.

Levittown Now reported that workers at the metal recycling company had sprayed a dust cloud of aluminum dross — a byproduct of aluminum smelter plants — with water. The mix of water and dross caused a chemical reaction that filled the facility with potentially dangerous fumes.

No injuries were reported, but higher-than-normal levels of fumes remained in parts of the facility into Wednesday evening, Fire Marshal Rich Dippolito said.

Dippolito said that fumes were being cleared from the facility.

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