SIDNEY — A small chlorine leak occurred at an area water treatment plant late Friday night.
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Sidney Department of Fire and Emergency Services was called to the city’s water treatment facility for a leak at approximately 11:10 p.m., a spokesperson from the city confirmed.
Upon arrival, fire crews found a plume on the west side of the facility.
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At the time of the leak, one employee was inside the facility, the spokesperson said.
Crews surveyed the facility and evacuated the employee inside.
Residents within a half-mile of the facility were placed under a shelter-in-place order, but it was eventually lifted, the spokesperson said.
The Shelby County Hazmat team responded to the scene, and it was eventually determined that a small leak occurred during the transfer of a new 2000-pound tank.
The spokesperson said no chlorine got out of the water treatment containment room.
No injuries were reported in this incident.
Additional information wasn’t immediately available.
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