South Milwaukee mercury spill; cleanup remains underway

No injuries after a mercury spill in South Milwaukee

SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. — No one was injured and no businesses were evacuated after a liquid mercury spill in South Milwaukee on Memorial Day. Emergency crews from the South Milwaukee Fire Department and Milwaukee Fire Department’s Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) teams responded just after 4:00 p.m. on May 26 to reports of liquid mercury at My Storage Home on Columbia Avenue. “Upon arrival, hazardous materials technicians confirmed the presence of el…

South Milwaukee mercury spill; cleanup remains underway

Hazmat crews responded to a South Milwaukee storage facility on Monday, May 26, and the facility is still being cleaned up.