A Conyngham Borough Authority employee was taken to a hospital this morning after inhaling chlorine at a Banks Avenue well.
Streets around the subterranean well in front of 4 Banks Ave. remain closed to traffic as firefighters monitor the area and dilute the already-concentrated chlorine leak.
About 20 to 30 gallons of chlorine leaked from a small hole in a well hose and was discovered this morning when the employee opened the well door and was overcome by fumes.
The employee, whose name was not released, is being treated at Hazleton General Hospital but is doing OK, Ken Temborski, authority chairman, said.
Valley Regional Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Tarapchak said there is no immediate danger to residents. Temborski said chlorine used for housecleaning is a stronger concentration the what was leaked.
Right now crews are trying to locate a small amount of diluted chlorine they believe is stuck in a blocked pipe.
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