The Southwest Snohomish County Transfer Station in Mountlake Terrace was evacuated for about four hours Monday after workers discovered a large tank that smelled as if it were leaking ammonia.
Workers spotted the 30-gallon tank and called 911.
Firefighters from a multi-jurisdictional hazardous materials team from Mountlake Terrace, Fire District 1, Lynnwood, Edmonds and Marysville responded.
Because the tank was isolated and the leak was small, the threat to the public was called minimal. But firefighters and police advised residents to remain inside their homes. And six transfer station workers were given decontamination showers.
Department of Ecology workers took away the contaminated tank.
No one knows how the tank got in the transfer station or why a tank labeled for propane would be filled with ammonia. However, that type of ammonia is commonly used in illegal methamphetamine labs.
Accident victims improve: Two Chelan residents injured Sunday night when their station wagon rolled over on U.S. 2 were listed in satisfactory condition Monday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Robert D. Kenagy, 61, suffered a head injury and Roberta D. Kenagy, 61, suffered chest and shoulder injuries, hospital spokeswoman Kristin Foley said. The two were airlifted to Seattle after the crash, which occurred shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday about milepost 62.5, in King County about two miles west of the Stevens Pass summit.
According to the Washington State Patrol, Robert Kenagy was driving his 1999 Subaru Forester eastbound when the car left the road to the right and rolled over several times, coming to rest on its wheels facing east.
The crash destroyed the car.
The relationship between the two was not determined, police said.
Injured race driver released: A driver who was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after a his race car hit a wall at Evergreen Speedway was released during the weekend, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The driver’s name, age and hometown were unavailable. He was injured Friday night and flown to the Seattle trauma center.
From Herald staff reports
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