Brockton Fire Responds to Chemical Spill

BROCKTON, MA — Brockton fire and a Hazmat team responded to a chemical spill at a UPS facility in Brockton early Tuesday morning.

Mayor Bill Carpenter confirmed that a nitric acid container broke while being loaded on a truck at the company's facility on Oak Hill Way early. Brockton Fire and Life Safety and a State Hazmat Team of about 20 technicians mitigated and stabilized the spill, and Clean Harbors completed the the clean up, Carpenter said.

Brockton fire told NBC Boston that the incident was a Tier 2 incident and involved five liters of nitric acid leaking in a trailer.

No injuries were reported.

Images via Mayor Bill Carpenter