Nashville Firefighter Hospitalized After Massive Ammonia Leak

Ammonia, so thick it was like a pea-soup fog, sent a Nashville firefighter to the hospital Monday.

Posted Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 9:34 am CT|Updated Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 12:12 pm CT

NASHVILLE, TN — A massive ammonia leak in South Nashville sent a firefighter to the hospital Monday.

So much ammonia leaked from a 10,000-gallon tank at Cold Storage of Nashville on Hackworth Street that fire crews could not see through the haze.

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The firefighter has been treated and released from Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

A contractor is working to clean-up the leak.

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