Thursday 28th March 2024

A RAVE text alert was sent out to those who have signed up to receive them that emergency personnel responded to ConAgra Foods in Marshall for a reported ammonia leak on Friday, September 20.
Marshall Fire Chief Tony Day said the call came in at about 8 a.m.

Day said there was never any danger to the public. Measures were taken as a precaution in the event things escalated.

Day said the drills they have with companies every year paid off as everything they had practiced during the exercises worked perfectly.
Day said there were no injuries. Day said workers at the facility are figuring out what the problem is and taking care of it.
To sign up to receive the RAVE alerts, go to the website, salinecountyema.com and click on the RAVE tab and fill out all of the necessary information.