HazMat spill sends chemicals toward drain

A hazardous materials unit was called in Saturday after workers

tried to hose down a chemical spill, pushing the liquid toward a

storm drain, Glendale Fire officials said.

Workers at Chromatic Lithographers, 127 Concord St., were

unloading a delivery truck on Friday when they dropped a 55-gallon

drum of printing chemicals.

They hosed the liquid down an alley and toward a storm drain,

where loose debris and leaves soaked up the chemicals, preventing it

from leaking into the Los Angeles River.

Fire officials were notified of the spill on Saturday, and a

private company began cleanup about 11:50 a.m. Saturday.

Gretchen Hoffman