Suspicious chemical barrel found near 4th Avenue and 9th Street, Huntington WV
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As discussed during the dispatch call, a large blue barrel with a chemical symbol was found in a parking lot near 4th Avenue and 9th Street. It is unknown who left it or when. The barrel appears to contain chemicals and has an expired date on it.
Audio|Heard on: Cabell WV Law Dispatch Group Calls
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00:41
Transcript:
00:00
You check the area, 4th Avenue and 9th Street, 4th Avenue and 9th Street.
00:03
You're looking for a very large one of those blue 55-gallon barrels.
00:11
Just randomly showed up in the parking lot.
00:18
Some kind of chemicals logo on it and so it expired 3.28 or 25.
00:26
They have no idea how it got there or when it got there.
00:32
Just making sure we're looking for a barrel and a parking lot, is that right, dispatch?
00:38
Yeah, one of those extremely large barrels we can put a whole bunch of stuff in.
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Location mentioned:
9th St & 4th Ave, Huntington, WV 25701
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