Hazmat crews clear chemical spill at lottery building

Officials said a chemical reaction caused a 35-gallon plastic drum to tip over in a second-floor mechanical room in the N.C. Education Lottery building.
Posted 2/12/2019, 10:04:00 AM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:53:31 PM

SOON AS WE HAVE THEM.

BACK TO YOU.

>>> A CHEMICAL SPILL IS NOW

CONTAINED AT THE NORTH CAROLINA

EDUCATION LOTTERY.

THE HAZMAT DID FORCE

EVACUATIONS.

JOE FISHER HAS BEEN PRESSING

FOR INFORMATION ALL NIGHT.

WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING, YOU HAVE

NEW INFORMATION?

>> Reporter: WE HEARD FROM THE

EDUCATION LOTTERY IN THE LAST

FIVE MINUTES.

THREE GALLONS OF PEROXIDE SPILL

SPILLED FROM A MECHANICAL

CONTAINER, AND IT IS USED TO

TREAT AIR-CONDITIONERS.

WE KNOW THIS CLEAN WHY WAS

GOING ON FROM 2:00 A.M., WE

LEARNED THAT THAT SPILL, THERE

WAS SOME KIND OF COMBUSTION

THAT TIPPED OVER THAT 55-GALLON

DRUM.

THEY JUST GOT THAT DRUM

DELIVERED YESTERDAY, AND

THEY'RE REALLY NOT SURE WHY

THIS LEAK HAPPENED IN THE FIRST

PLACE.

WE KNOW THAT ABOUT 10 PEOPLE

WERE INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE

TIME.

THEY WERE EVACUATED AS A

PRECAUTION, BUT I CAN TELL YOU

THAT PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP HERE

FOR WORK, NO ONE WAS HURT.

>>> THE STATE WANTS TO HEAR

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