Sarah Bahari
The Dallas Morning News
(TNS)
Residents in Frisco were told to shelter in place Wednesday morning due to a chemical fire at a pool supply business.
The three-alarm fire broke out in the 10500 block of John W. Elliott Drive, near Eldorado Parkway and Dallas North Tollway. Fire officials issued the shelter-in-place warning as a precaution because of chlorine stored at the business, Kelly Kistner, the city’s fire marshal, told The Dallas Morning News.
City officials said residents in the area bordered by Research Road to the north, Page Street to the south, the railroad tracks to the east and Dallas North Tollway to the west should shelter in place. The area includes several neighborhoods and office buildings, Toyota Stadium and a trampoline park.
Officials lifted the order roughly an hour later when crews determined the air was safe.
Photographs and videos posted on social media showed a thick plume of black smoke and flames, and some residents reported a strong odor.
The industrial complex east of the 10500 block John Elliott will remain closed to traffic, the city wrote on Facebook.
The cause of the fire is not known, Kistner said.
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