KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana |Arkansas chemical plant force evacuations
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ELDORADO, AR (KSLA) - A crack in a tank at a El Dorado, Arkansas Chemical Plant has forced Officials to declare a state of emergency.
The tank at the Norphlet Chemical Plant contains hundreds of gallons of hydrofluoric acid.
Norphlet Schools were evacuated and classes will not be held Friday.
The State Department of Enviromental Quality has ordered an engineer to inspect the tank at the plant. The engineer must submit his findings by Friday afternoon.
Union County Judge Bobby Edmonds says the evacuations are just precaution, because no leak has been found.
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