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| People living in Hull have been asked to close their doors and windows after a major acid leak caused a vapour cloud to form over a dock in the east of the city. | People living in Hull have been asked to close their doors and windows after a major acid leak caused a vapour cloud to form over a dock in the east of the city. |
| Humberside fire and rescue said 50 firefighters were called to a “major acid leak” in a tank containing 580 tonnes of hydrochloric acid at the King George dock, near the river Hull, late on Monday. | |
| At about 2.30am the fire service said the wind was blowing a vapour cloud resulting from the leak away from houses in the area, but advised residents to close their doors and windows as a precaution. | |
| The leak did not lead to any evacuations, as it was at the east end of the dock, which borders wasteland. Crews had contained the leak by 4.20am and were scaling down their operation. | |
| On Tuesday morning, the fire service said the cloud had gone and declared the area near the dock safe. | |
| The Environment Agency confirmed it had attended the site in the early hours of Tuesday. It said there appeared to be no leakage into the Humber or any other environmental impact. |