Terrigal and Berkeley Vale Fire and Rescue NSW crews have assisted specialist Hazardous Materials experts to remove phosphine tablets from a property at Matcham.
Firefighters were called to the property at around 6:30pm on July 24 when the tablet’s (commonly used for pest control) odour was noticeable from some distance.
As the gas these tablets release is extremely toxic an exclusion zone of up to 50 meters was established with crews entering the contaminated area in full hazmat gear.
The tablets were then secured in specialist bins and removed from the site.
Source:
Press release, Jul 24
Fire and Rescue NSW Media