A bright green substance discovered in a pond in Barrington Hills, prompting a hazardous materials team response, turned out to be a dye commonly used to test for water leaks — the same substance that turns the Chicago River green for St. Patrick’s Day, officials said.
The local fire department was called in Tuesday evening to investigate an “unknown material” in a pond along a road of large, heavily wooded estates. Then a hazmat team was dispatched, and 18 fire departments assisted in the response before the material was deemed non-hazardous about 2 1/2 hours later.
The dye had apparently seeped from an adjacent property, where the substance was being used to test a private sewer system.
To read more about the incident on Oak Knoll Road in the Chicago Tribune, click here.
18 FIRE DEPARTMENTS!?!?!?!?! There were 5 fire trucks there. Must have been a slow day.
No, just the fire departments taking advantage of the “paid on call” provision of the contract. Hey, every one has a car payment to make! Lol