Barrington officials are suing a Canadian trucking company over the cleanup of a chemical spill last year, alleging firefighters unwittingly handled a hazardous chemical that damaged their equipment after being told the material was vegetable oil.
The spill happened shortly after 11:30 p.m. March 7, when a semitrailer belonging to Xan Systems Inc. slammed into the back end of a pickup truck while the truck was moving forward after sitting at a traffic light that had just turned green along Route 14, near Hart Road, in Barrington, authorities have said.