HAZMAT Team Dispatched to Claremont Rd. in Ridgewood

A "non-toxic" leak from a truck spraying foam insulation into a home on Claremont Road prompted response from the county HAZMAT team Tuesday afternoon.

According to Captain Paul Monton, run off from the leak spilled into two separate storm drains. 

"They have two parts that they mix together in the back of a box truck," Monton explained. "One of the hoses leaked from one of the barrels of the chemicals, spilled into the truck and there was a stream of the product coming out onto the roadway and into the storm drains."

The chemicals were a "non-toxic" product but the contractor was still required to have the county HAZMAT response team clean the estimated 10-gallon spill because there exists potential for environmental harm, Monton said. The foam was found as far as Glen Rock, he added.

"A good part of the 10-gallons that spilled stayed in the truck and never leaked out," Monton said.

In addition to the county response team, and fire responded to the call.