March 18, 2010

HAZMAT SITUATION UPDATE
Midland Fire Department hazardous materials technicians have further identified the specific chemical compound discovered yesterday on N. Weatherford Ave.
 
The chemical is identified as Monoammonium Phosphate, a compound commonly used in portable fire extinguishers.  Basic field analysis of the chemical was limited to identifying the compound according to recognizable trace elements.  Adenosine Triphosphate Disodium Salt was the compound identified by this preliminary analysis.  A more comprehensive lab analysis was able to specific identify the chemical compound. 

Around 12:15 p.m., on March 17, 2010, dispatch received a call for assistance from a postal worker who had come in contact with the substance.  He was transported with respiratory symptoms and has since been released from the hospital.
The powder was discovered near a central mailbox area in the 1000 block of Weatherford, just north of Cuthbert.  It was also found one block east in the 200 block of west Cowden.  The substance had been placed on cars, mailboxes, and the roadway.  
 
U. S. Postal officials confirmed they will remove any residual chemical located inside the mail box.

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