No Injuries in Chemical Leak in Harbine in Southeast Nebraska

Traffic was Rerouted for 30 Minutes

By The Associated Press

CREATED Nov. 14, 2011

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Harbine, NE (AP) - Authorities say traffic had to be rerouted but no one was injured in an anhydrous ammonia leak at the Farmers Cooperative in Harbine in southeast Nebraska.

The leak happened Monday afternoon. Fire officials told Beatrice radio station KWBE that a hose used to fill a tank came off creating a chemical cloud. Traffic was rerouted off U.S. Highway 136 for about 30 minutes.

Firefighters shut the valve on the tank, stopping the leak.

 

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