A pair of Georgia freeway emergency personnel had been hospitalized this week after publicity to a concrete-hardening chemical containing sulfuric acid.

The incident occurred Thursday on Interstate 285 in Atlanta when two 250-gallon containers of the chemical overturned. Earlier than the Atlanta Fireplace Rescue Division’s staff arrived at 5 p.m., two members of Georgia’s Freeway Emergency Response Operators had been uncovered to the hardening agent.

Considered one of them walked by means of a contaminated space whereas the opposite smelled and touched the chemical, the AFRD stated in a launch whereas not including how the spill occurred.

Sulfuric acid, used to make chemical substances, glue, lead automotive batteries and explosives and to refine petroleum and treatment metallic, is a corrosive substance that may hurt the pores and skin, eyes, tooth and lungs, per the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.

The AFRD decontaminated the 2 unnamed HERO personnel and took them to the hospital.

Officers didn’t say how badly the 2 had been harm by the acid, however they had been launched from the hospital, in keeping with WANF, Atlanta‘s CBS affiliate.