Union County, TN (WOKI) Maynardville crews are working to clean up chemicals after a HAZMAT scare at a sewage treatment plant Tuesday morning, November 7.
Maynardville Police Department officials say fire and HAZMAT crews responded after two chemicals used to treat water combined “that shouldn’t have” at the Maynardville Waste Water Plant on Johnson Road.
Police report that crews determined there was no threat to the public and no impact to the water supply or environment after containing the chemicals. No one was injured as a result of the incident.
Police say the company with whom the city works has responded to clean up, pick up, and replace the tainted chemicals.
