House cordoned off following mercury spillage (From Wandsworth Guardian)
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House cordoned off following mercury spillage
10:04am Monday 30th July 2012 in News By Alexandra Rucki
A house was cordoned off last night following a mercury spillage.
They were called at 7.30pm after a barometer broke in a house in Burntwood Lane, Earlsfield.
Fire crews cordoned off the area and marked it as a chemical incident, with scientific advisers called to clear it up.
A hazardous material officer was also on hand to give advice.
There were two adults and a couple of children in the house at the time, but nobody was injured.
A spokesperson for the fire service said: "It's very poisonous if you ingest it, it is a skin irritant and it is a carcinogenic."
