Crime & Safety

1 Injured In Hazmat Situation In Cockeysville: Officials

Hazmat crews have been called to a building in Cockeysville Monday morning, officials say.

COCKEYSVILLE, MD โ€” One person was injured in what authorities said was a hazmat situation in Cockeysville Monday morning. Details around the hazardous material were not immediately available.

Crews say they are investigating a "serious hazmat situation" in the unit block of North Park Drive, where an adult was critically injured in a single vehicle in the parking garage of a business.

There is no immediate threat to the community, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.

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Initially, emergency personnel said they were dispatched to an apartment in the unit block of North Park Drive at 7:27 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 24.

Officials later updated the information about the call to state that the situation was in a garage.

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Hazmat and fire officials said in an update after 9:45 a.m. that they were ventilating the area.

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