Crime & Safety
Hazmat Crew, Bomb Squad Swarms Neighborhood
An unknown chemical odor at a Rockville house prompted the call for experts to check it out.
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ROCKVILLE, MD — A neighborhood was filled with firefighters and responders in hazardous materials suits Tuesday night after a report of an odor.
Rockville Police were called to a house in the 1900 block of Valleystream Drive to check on the welfare of a person. Officers detected an unknown chemical odor and called for the county’s Hazmat crew and the Montgomery County bomb squad.
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Crews located insecticides and other household items in the house; no explosives were found.
Authorities determined that there was no danger to the neighborhood.
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»Photos of Hazmat scene in Rockville, courtesy of Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services
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