Official Report….Sack N Save Hilo 250 Kinoole St. Hilo…. HAZMAT INCIDENT
3:30pm, Tuesday, 3/21/2023
6 HFD apparatus; 12 HFD personnel
Foodland Grocery Store
Damaged commercial refrigerator compressor.
Company 1 responded with Haz Mat Company and the Battalion Chief to a report of unknown white smoke originating from a machine room in the back of the store, spreading out into the store floor. On arrival, confirmed presence of unknown haze/smoke, no signs of heat or fire. Store evacuated, all staff accounted for, no complaints reported. Air sampling and monitoring performed. Material identified by system technician as freon gas escaping from a damaged refridgerator system compressor. Emergency resolved. The store was closed to complete repairs, and will reopen Wednesday morning.
White haze from machine room filling store.
