By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff <\/p>\n
A Harvard Medical School building was evacuated this afternoon after chemicals spilled on the 10th floor, the Boston Fire Department said. <\/p>\n
Steve MacDonald, a Fire Department spokesman, said three two-liter bottles containing acetic and hydrochloric acid broke and the substances spilled about 3 p.m. inside a lab at the building at 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur in Boston. <\/p>\n
MacDonald said the spill was contained to the 10th floor, and no one was injured. A doctor who was in the area of the spill was wearing the proper protective gear and followed procedure for self-decontamination, MacDonald said. <\/p>\n
She was allowed to go home after paramedics examined her at the scene, he said. There were no injuries. <\/p>\n
MacDonald said at the scene at about 5 p.m. that a hazardous materials cleanup team was en route and it was not clear when the building would reopen. <\/p>\n
My experiments ruined, said Russell Griffin, 28, a research technician who was working on the 6th floor when the spill occurred. <\/p>\n
MacDonald said both acetic and hydrochloric acids are irritants and can cause burns, and that acetic acid is flammable. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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