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Firefighters clear plant where ammonia leaked
Firefighters on Tuesday morning finished checking for pockets of ammonia at an Oxnard onion packing plant where the chemical began leaking Monday night, authorities said.
Firefighters who responded to the incident at Gill's Onions, 1051 Pacific Ave., shortly after 8 p.m. had cleared the building by 12:26 a.m., Oxnard Battalion Chief Mike O'Malia said. The plant supervisor who had been hospitalized for ammonia exposure has been released, O'Malia said.
Sections of Mountain View Avenue, Pacific Avenue and Wooley Road that were closed because of the incident were reopened, he said.
Oxnard fire officials have not found the cause of the leak.
The department does not follow up on mechanical failures like this one unless malice is suspected, department spokeswoman Deborah Shane said. No foul play is suspected.
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