SUMNER — Two people were taken to a hospital complaining of smoke inhalation after a small chemical fire at a home here Wednesday morning.
Fire departments from three towns responded to 153 Labrador Pond Road following reports that chemicals being mixed for a spray foam insulation caught fire around 11 a.m.
Paris fire Chief Brad Frost said the chemicals apparently ignited and spread to a small amount of insulation in a basement. The blaze was quickly extinguished after crews arrived on scene.
The people were taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway.
A chemical-monitoring team from Paris was dispatched an hour later to the site over concerns that hydrogen cyanide, a component of some insulation types, was present. Frost said no traceable amounts of the compound were discovered.
Respondents were doused with water under an outdoor shower as a precaution.
A third person and a firefighter complaining of inhalation problems were checked by Tri-Town Ambulance and Rescue personnel, rescue Chief John Hammel said.
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