Croton Hazmat Situation

A Hazmat situation caused a portion of Young Ave. to be shut down in Croton until 3:30 p.m. The Fire Department arrived at 61 Young Ave. at 12:15 p.m. They were called to the home because of flooding. When firefighters went down into the home's basement, their equipment started to indicate that there were explosive gas levels in the home. Firefighters later discovered that there was an unidentified household chemical in the home's two-foot-high basement floodwaters.

"We were able to pump off some of the water and get it away from the house. But right now it's receded a little bit. We're holding off on pumping it out because the chemical are mixed in with it," said Croton 1st Assistant Fire Chief John Munson.

Montrose V.A. Hospital’s Fire Department's Hazmat team was on scene trying to figure out what the chemical in the basement is. After they identify the chemical a private cleaning company will be called in to remove the water in the home’s basement.