Ammonia Spill Reported at Cobb Marietta Industrial Park (Update)

Photos: George Whitman

Marietta Fire Department personnel evacuated two buildings after an ice cream plant spilled 20 to 25 gallons of ammonia on Friday afternoon, according to a spokesman.

The spokesman tells Patch that the spill occurred in a purpose-built ammonia storage building separate from the rest of the Talenti ice cream complex and will be allowed to evaporate naturally back into the atmosphere.

George Whitman, who is the General Manager of Industrial Tape & Supply, told Patch he noticed a commotion across the street at the industrial park at approximately 1:45 p.m. Friday.

Whitman told Patch at 2:45 p.m. that a mass decontamination unit, Marietta Fire Chief Jackie Gibbs, two battalion chiefs, hook and ladder trucks, ambulances, and police units had arrived at the scene.

Ammonia is used to cool Talenti’s ice cream, Whitman said.