NITRIC acid leaked from a garage in South Oxfordshire this morning.
Crews from Faringdon, Wantage and Didcot fire stations quickly arrived and placed a safety cordon around the incident to ensure the public were kept at a safe distance.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the garage and contained a leak of nitric acid.
Due to their swift work, the spill was limited to less then half a litre and specialist equipment was used to contain the spillage.
Incident commander Matt Kelly said: "This incident was purely accidental but the outcome could have been far worse.
"Thanks to the quick thinking of members of the public and decisive action by our crews, the incident was contained and no harm came to anyone or the environment."
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