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Leaking fire retardant creates foam sea outside airport

Leaking fire retardant creates foam sea outside airport | iNFOnews.ca
In this image provided courtesy of KTVU-TV, foam fills a street near Mineta San Jose International Airport Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, in San Jose, Calif. The San Jose fire department said a malfunction of a new hangar's fire prevention system caused the flooding foam. (Courtesy of KTVU-TV via AP)

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A sea of foam has spilled out of a hangar at Mineta San Jose International Airport in California and onto an adjacent street.

San Jose Fire Capt. Mitch Matlow tells The Mercury News (http://bayareane.ws/2g51sig ) the foam is a chemical used as a fire retardant and is coming from the hangar’s fire prevention system. Matlow says the retardant discharged accidentally.

By Friday afternoon, the foam had surrounded two tanker trucks and spilled onto the street. Crews were on the scene.

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