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CAUSED THAT LEAK IN A VALVE, AND HAZMAT TEAMS WERE CALLED IN. WVTM 13’S JEFF ELIASOPH HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE SINCE LATE THIS MORNING. JEFF, WE UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION IS ONLY NOW UNDER CONTROL? JEFF: INDEED, IT IS UNDER CONTROL. ONLY IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES OR SO. WE LOOK AT THE PUMPING STATION WHERE THIS ALL BEGAN. TRAFFIC IS ALLOWED TO ENTER THE INDIAN HILLS SUBDIVISION FOR THE FIRST TIME. A CONTRACTOR WORKING FOR A COMPANY CALLED MORROW INDUSTRIES WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL COMPLAINING OF BREATHING PROBLEMS, BUT HE IS SAID TO BE OK THIS EVENING. SOMEONE WHO SMELLED CHLORINE ALERTLY CALLED 911 AND HAZMAT TEAMS WERE HERE IN TWO MINUTES. FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE TOLD TO STAY INSIDE AS CREWS WORKED TO CONTAIN THE LEAK AND THE CHLORINE GAS INSIDE THE SMALL PUMPING STATION. EVEN AFTER FOUR HOURS THE LEAK WAS SHUT OFF, BUT PRECAUTIONS WERE STILL BEING TAKEN. NOW FOLKS HAVE BEEN LET OUT ONTO THE STREETS BECAUSE THE CHLORINE GAS WAS DISSIPATED AFTER SEVERAL HOURS. WE ARE TOLD AT NO POINT IN TIME WAS WA

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Latest on the chlorine leak in Pelham, Alabama: 2:45 p.m.Pelham Fire Chief Timothy Honeycutt said the Indian Hills community has been given the "all clear" to return to normal after a chlorine gas leak. Honeycutt said the last air monitor reading showed no evidence of residual chlorine."This is a very good thing and we're proud to report that everyone can return to normal," he said.The cause of the leak is still unknown at this time.Learn more in the video above and below:Look for more updates here and on WVTM 13 News. Get the WVTM 13 News app for the latest on this developing story.—1:30 p.m.Pelham Fire Chief Timothy Honeycutt said a Morrow Water Technologies contractor who was inside the building where the chlorine gas leak occurred is expected to be OK after being taken to the hospital with breathing issues.Honeycutt said they are still monitoring the air in the area. He said an "all clear" is possible by the next media briefing at 2:30 p.m.Interim Police Chief Pat Cheatwood urged people to continue to shelter in place and make sure animals are inside with all windows and doors closed. Cheatwood asked anyone who knows someone who lives in Indian Hills to call them and make sure they are inside.Learn more in the video below:Look for more updates here and on WVTM 13 News. Get the WVTM 13 News app for the latest on this developing story.—12:30 p.m.Pelham Fire Chief Timothy Honeycutt said the chlorine gas leak has been stopped, but the area is still "very volatile." "We're still holding our shelter in place," Honeycutt said. "We're asking all residents up to 500 feet and all business owners to remain in place at this time."Honeycutt said a contractor hired by the city was working inside the building when a chlorine tank began leaking. It's unclear at this time what caused the cylinder to leak.Look for more updates here and on WVTM 13 News. Click or tap here to stream live. Get the WVTM 13 News app for the latest on this developing story. —10:30 amThe Pelham Police Department is urging people in the Indian Hills and Chandalar South areas to shelter in place due to a HAZMAT situation involving chlorine."Officers are assisting @PelhamFire on a HAZMAT situation in the Indian Hills community. PLEASE avoid the area," Pelham PD said on social media.Fire officials said a 140-pound chlorine cylinder had a damaged valve and began to discharge inside a locked building. Crews will be making entry into the facility to attempt to patch the leak.One person was taken to the hospital Officials said residents and businesses within 300 to 500 feet of the location to shelter in place.No other details about the incident were immediately made available.Look for more updates here and on WVTM 13 News. Click or tap here to stream live. Get the WVTM 13 News app for the latest on this developing story.STREAM THE SCENE:On Facebook