UNION COUNTY, Tenn. — Maynardville crews are working to clean up chemicals after a HAZMAT scare at a sewage treatment plant Tuesday morning.
It happened at the Maynardville Waste Water Plant on Johnson Road. According to the Maynardville Police Department, fire and HAZMAT crews responded after two chemicals used to treat water combined "that shouldn't have."
Police said crews determined there was no threat to anyone after containing the chemicals, saying no one was hurt and there wasn't any impact to the water supply or environment.
Police said the company that the city works with responded to clean up and pick up and replace the tainted chemicals.
