BREAKING NEWS: Deputy treated after anhydrous leak near Hayfield
A Dodge County sheriff’s deputy is recovering after a scary incident involving an anhydrous leak near Hayfield Thursday night.
Emergency responders were called to the area of Highway 56 next to Central Farm Service south of Hayfield around 7:18 p.m. Thursday for anhydrous fumes crossing the road.
Deputies responded and blocked Highway 56 while Hayfield Fire Department and the Minnesota State Patrol responded. It was determined that a bulk storage tank was leaking. Fire departments from Blooming Prairie and Brownsdale also assisted at the scene.
According to Sheriff Scott Rose, MNDOT responded to help with the road closure and rerouting while welfare checks were done on neighboring residents due to the size of the leak. The MN Duty Officer paged out Olmsted’s Hazmat Team who arrived on scene just after midnight, Rose said. Emergency crews worked throughout the night to stop the leak and clean up the scene. MNDOT was able to reopen the roadway at 4:53 a.m. and local responders cleared around 5:30 a.m.
Rose said one of his deputies who was first on the scene was not feeling well. Dodge Center Ambulance responded to evaluate the deputy. He was transported by another sheriff’s deputy to St Marys Hospital in Rochester where he was treated for Anhydrous exposure and released around 4 a.m.
“He is home and is doing well,” Rose said.
The cause of the leak is still under investigation.