Firefighters tend to chemical spill on Wilson Road in Valley Stream

Valley Stream firefighters under the command of Chief James Ervolino responded to a major hazardous material spill in a garage on Wilson Road on June 27. 

The chemical spill, which spread a caustic and dangerous vapor in the air, forced the evacuation of nearby homes and brought mutual fire assistance from the Nassau County Fire Marshal’s Hazmat Team as well as the Elmont, Malverne, Hewlett, and Rockville Centre fire departments.

Firefighters stretched hose lines from Valley Stream’s Engine 2 — because of the toxic fumes firefighters were forced to wear their breathing tanks to approach the garage.

Firefighters, who staged up the block from the garage, were at the scene for about nearly two hours until the Fire Marshal’s Hazmat Team was able to contain the chemicals.