A chemical spill at Napier Port, which prompted the Fire Service to go into high-alarm mode, was contained and cleaned up last night.
In a shipping container, the Fire Service located a damaged drum which was leaking a potentially flammable solvent, methyl ethyl ketone, yesterday afternoon.
The call-out came at 10am after a port worker found the leak.
After an initial assessment the alarm status was stepped up to "fourth-alarm" mode, with one firefighter describing the situation as "quite serious", given the nature of the chemical.
By noon there were four appliances from Napier and the Hazardous SubStances unit was on site, along with three appliances from Hastings and the mobile command unit.