RANDOLPH, Minn. (AP) -- At least 40 people have been treated at hospitals following an ammonia spill that evacuated a small city in eastern Minnesota.
Cannon Falls Medical Center says most of the 19 people treated there will be released today. Twenty-one patients were treated at Northfield Hospital. It says five were admitted and one required decontamination.
Dakota County emergency managers say a ruptured line spilled anhydrous ammonia at the River Country Co-op north of Randolph. The caustic chemical can cause respiratory injuries.
Emergency preparedness coordinator David Gisch says about 400 residents of Randolph were evacuated to a nearby fire station. Students from the school complex were sent to a church outside the city.
