Hosed down: A firefighter from Richmond Hill's hazardous chemicals unit, is hosed down by a colleague today after leaving a Markham industrial plant after a nitric acid solution leaked

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Hosed down: A firefighter from Richmond Hill's hazardous chemicals unit, is hosed down by a colleague today after leaving a Markham industrial plant after a nitric acid solution leaked

Date10/22/1992

Names

Bock, Tony (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Hosed down: A firefighter from Richmond Hill's hazardous chemicals unit; is hosed down by a colleague today after leaving a Markham industrial plant after a nitric acid solution leaked.

Subject

Chemicals

Pollution

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0010940F

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