APG Chemical Exposure Sends 1 To Hospital: Officials

HARFORD COUNTY, MD — Someone exposed to a chemical at Aberdeen Proving Ground was taken to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air Saturday for evaluation, officials said. The hazmat team and Bel Air firefighters were at the hospital for about an hour and a half.

The Harford County Hazardous Team and Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company were at Upper Chesapeake before 1:40 p.m. Saturday, June 22, according to Jenn Chenworth, spokeswoman for the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association.

There was no threat to the community or those at the hospital, Chenworth said.

Harford County crews cleared the hospital at 3:11 p.m., she reported.

The victim was in stable condition at the medical center in Bel Air after being decontaminated at the base and again at the hospital, Upper Chesapeake officials told WJZ. The news station reported that others may also have been exposed to the chemical at APG but did not need hospitalization.

Aberdeen Proving Ground did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Patch. According to the military installation's Facebook page, there was a "potential incident on APG-South" but "no chemical exposure occurred and APG has resumed normal operations."