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CANTON -- The Canton Fire Department has declared an all clear after a toxic chemical fire created a neighborhood evacuation that lasted overnight.
Residents were allowed to return home as of noon Tuesday. The neighborhood around the industrial fire had to be evacuated on Monday afternoon.
The fire department says afte consulting with the EPA and Hazmat it was determined the airborne limits of sulfur dioxide released as a result of the fire had dropped to safe levels.
Five schools in the area of the fire were closed on Tuesday as a precaution.
Canton Fire Department officials tell WKYC a former packaging business was the source of the blaze at 19th Street and Harrisburg Road.
The business is identified as the building that previously housed Convoy Containers. Convoy Containers ceased operations in May 2011, according to the company's website. Although not in use at this time, officials were told the building was being rehabilitated. It is not clear if any work was being done at the time the fire began.
Fire Department officials expressed concerned about chemicals emitting into the air from containers inside the company.
According to reports from the scene, the fire was releasing sulfur dioxide into the air, which was measured at 53 parts per million inside the building around 10 p.m. Monday. County HAZMAT officials say that level dropped to 10 ppm around 11:30 p.m., but the number was constantly fluctuating.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency responded to the scene and the U.S. E.P.A. arrived overnight from Detroit with additional equipment.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry says levels of sulfur dioxide higher than 30 ppm can be lethal in 10 minutes of exposure.
An American Red Cross overnight shelter was established at the Canton Memorial Civic Center on Market Street North.
Akron-Canton Airport and counties downwind of the smoke to the south and west were notified about the risk and are monitoring any safety threats, a Canton Fire Department official said.
No injuries were reported.
WKYC-TV
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