Safe Keep Storage; Hayward, California

Hayward, California | 1986-Oct-03

Initial Notification: On October 3, 1986, approximately 20 drums of various material, some of them leaking, were discovered to be illegally stored at the Safe Keep Storage facility in Hayward, California. THe facility manager was overcome by fumes while investigating an unknown substance reported to be leaking underneath a storage door. Safe Keep Storage stores several chemicals, including hydrogen peroxide, methyl ethyl ketone, ammonia, phaecetin powder, sterile alcohol, propylene glycol, sodium sulfanate, calamide-0. The majority of the chemicals leaked into a storm drain, approximately one mile from the nearest marsh. USCG district 11.