Cambridgeshire Fire Service's hazardous materials crew is monitoring the situation.

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Fire officials said Thursday afternoon that a hazardous materials team will deal with a store of highly toxic pesticides that caught fire at a Laguna Farms property near the university, according the Ventura County Star.

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Members of the Severn Area Rescue Association, a fire service rescue boat and a hazardous area response team assisted in the rescue after a 999 call.

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Fire officials said Wednesday they are concerned about hazardous materials that are beginning to surface as workers get deeper into the rubble.

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One early taker was Rick Kuciemba, a hazardous materials specialist with the Redondo Beach Fire Department near Los Angeles.

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Meanwhile, the fire service urged road users to take extra care in hazardous conditions after snow hit the central belt and northern parts of the country.

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It was originally thought the spill involved about 3, 000 litres of a chemical liquid, but the fire service said it was 775 litres of non-hazardous petroleum distillates.

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Police said officers who attended the scene at 19:00 BST called East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service to recover the body because the boggy ground was extremely hazardous.

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In addition to providing a nationwide, interoperable network for Public Safety for the first time, it would provide the ability to view real-time video, check license plates in real time, and download building layouts so fire fighters could see how the building is laid out and if there are any hazardous materials inside.

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