Crews worked for a couple of hours trying to clean up a corrosive acid that leaked through a trailer at a West Greenwich trucking company.
According to Lake Mishnock Deputy Fire Chief Doug Etchells, crews were called to Cranston Trucking Company off of Hopkins Hill Road around 9 p.m. due to reports of a chemical spill.
Etchells said when they arrived on the scene, they saw a pool of chemical out of a trailer employees of the company were unloading.
According to Etchells, employees were unloading the trailer when they accidentally spiked a 55-drum barrel with a forklift.
Etchells said the chemical leaked out of the hole in the barrel and into the trailer. Since the chemical is a corrosive acid, Etchells said it went through the trailer and pooled underneath.
Police blocked off the surrounding area until crews determined the chemical was not a harm to the public. Etchells said hazmat crews were able to clean up the chemical and everything is now stable.