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Kronos chemical leak puts acid cloud over Varennes, Que.
Titanium tetrachloride mixed with snow to produce cloud of hydrochloric acid
Posted:Mar 21, 2015 12:37 PM ET
Last Updated:Mar 21, 2015 4:13 PM ET
A road block is shown in the town of Varennes, Que., Saturday, March 21, 2015, following a toxic gas leak at Kronos Canada Inc. chemical plant. Fifteen homes and three factories have been evacuated on Saturday after five tonnes of titanium tetrachloride was released into the atmosphere. Graham Hughes/Canadian Press
Health and security officials believe they have found a way to stop the leak of titanium tetrachloride at the Kronos chemical plant in Varennes, just outside of Montreal.