A West Side lab was evacuated Tuesday morning after a chemical container leaked a hazardous substance, the Madison Fire Department reported.
The evacuation of Mirus Bio, 5602 Research Park Blvd., began after the container holding a chemical known to be toxic and flammable became compromised, causing a leak and chemical vapors reportedly to waft through the hallways and to another floor via the building’s ventilation system, Fire Department spokesperson Cynthia Schuster said in a statement. Ladder 2 activated the building’s fire alarm to prompt a full and complete evacuation and the department’s Hazardous Incident Team was called to the scene, Schuster said.
The chemical leak was contained by chemists at the lab prior to HIT entering the building.