Kalida chemical spill causes lengthy road closure

Kalida chemical spill causes lengthy road closure

KALIDA — A chemical spill caused the closure of a portion of U.S. Route 224 in Kalida for several hours Thursday. According to a release from the Putnam County Office of Emergency Management, the spill began on Ottawa Street, which doubles as U.S. Route 224 in Kalida. A container of Atrazine 4L, a chemical herbicide used in large-scale agricultural application, was punctured and began leaking out of a semi-tractor trailer. Speaking at the scene,…

Herbicide spill in Kalida takes hours to clean up

The Putnam County Emergency Management Agency and the Kalida Fire Department were called to the intersection of Ottawa Street and East North Street for liquid spilling from the back of a semi. The road was covered in a white substance…