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La Salle officials say report found no public health concerns after battery fire last week · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Lasal officials say report found no public health concerns after
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  Speaker 1: battery fire last week. Written by Bill Frescos, This article
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  Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  Speaker 1: by Everlett. Air and water monitoring conducted during last week's
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  Speaker 1: fire at Batteries and Things in LaSalle found no significant
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  Speaker 1: public health concerns, officials said during the Lasal City Council
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  Speaker 1: meeting on Monday night. The fire broke out Friday evening
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  Speaker 1: at the battery recycling business three fifteen West third Street,
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  Speaker 1: prompting a third alarm and a shelter in place order
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  Speaker 1: for nearby residents that was later lifted after air quality
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  Speaker 1: readings were deemed safe. No injuries were reported. During the meeting,
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  Speaker 1: Mayor Jeff Grove thanked the sixteen fire departments and emergency
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  Speaker 1: agencies that responded to the fire and expressed support for
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  Speaker 1: the business and its employees. Our thoughts and prayer are
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  Speaker 1: with their business and with their employees, Grove said. Fire
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  Speaker 1: Chief Jerry Janik said the Regional Hazardous Materials Response Team
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  Speaker 1: monitored air and water quality throughout the incident, while a
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  Speaker 1: slight elevation in pH was detected in water entering the
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  Speaker 1: sewer system. Janic said testing at the city's wastewater treatment
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  Speaker 1: plant showed no elevated levels. There was a slight elevation
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  Speaker 1: of the water that was entering the sewer system on
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  Speaker 1: the pH side. Janick said, we contacted the Lasal Wastewater department.
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  Speaker 1: They were monitoring at the plant. There was no elevation
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  Speaker 1: at the plant, so there were really no issues per se,
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  Speaker 1: Janick said. Personnel from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency also responded.
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  Speaker 1: Friday reviewed the hazardous materials team's findings and agreed with
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  Speaker 1: the results before leaving the scene. During public comment, Lasal
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  Speaker 1: resident Nicholas Muzzarelli asked the city to provide written responses
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  Speaker 1: regarding when the business was last inspected, what environmental monitoring
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  Speaker 1: will continue, and what steps officials will take to prevent
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  Speaker 1: similar incidents. I think the citizens and the families of
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  Speaker 1: LaSalle and the surrounding communities don't ask for very much,
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  Speaker 1: Mozzarelli said, but they do ask that at all times
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  Speaker 1: they have clean water, clean soil, and clean air. The
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  Speaker 1: cause of the fire remains under investigation.