Hazmat Incident At Fairfield Medical Facility

FAIRFIELD, CT — A hazmat team was called Monday to a medical facility in Southport.

Firefighters responded about 5:30 p.m. to a complaint of a strange odor at RegalCare at Southport in the 900 block of Mill Hill Terrace, according to Assistant Chief Schuyler Sherwood.

Emergency personnel determined the smell was due to a hazardous material and contacted the regional hazmat team, as well as state and local health officials, Sherwood said. Firefighters also monitored the patient areas at the rehabilitation facility and confirmed the air ratings were normal.

The hazardous material, which was removed Monday evening, was identified as a hydrocarbon-based fuel oil additive that was dumped into a sewage ejection system in the basement in error, creating the smell, according to Sherwood.