UPDATE: Chemical spill under control at WPAFB

WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — UPDATE:

The spill of more than 1,500 gallons of heating and coolant fluid at Wright Patterson Air Force Base has been controlled.

In a social media post, the base said the leak has been repaired.

“No injuries have been reported, crews have left the scene, and the building has been turned back over to USAFSAM,” the base said.

INITIAL REPORT:

Crews responded to a heating and coolant systems spill in Area B of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Crews were called to respond to the spill at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Building 840, according to a spokesperson for WPAFB.

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The spill was reported at approximately 10:52 a.m.

Response crews found that 1,500 gallons of heating and coolant fluids had leaked from the HVAC system on the building’s fourth floor.

Approximately 1,000 gallons have been contained, but 500 gallons of fluid went into the sewer drain system, the spokesperson said. The chemicals used in the HVAC system are nonhazardous.

Base officials immediately notified the city of Fairborn’s Water Treatment Facility of the spill, the spokesperson said.

No injuries have been reported.

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