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No hazard is the preliminary conclusion from the Department of Agriculture inspector who last Wednesday checked the site of a fire believed to have consumed potentially toxic agricultural chemicals.
Robert Morris from the Department of Agriculture’s Warrenton office found “nothing for people to be up in arms about’’ in the remains of a shed behind the Rappahannock Farmers’ Co-operative.
Fire fighters had discovered storage drums and remnants of chemical packages in the burning shed, located on the edge of an orchard owned by Wilbur Wright. Experts in hazardous materials consulted by telephone advised the fire fighters to don breathing apparatus and use sand rather th^n water to control the flames so as to avoid run-off. Workers at the scene last Tuesday night were unable to determine exactly what was burning since the materials, some dated as early as 1973, had been left in the shed by the previous property owner.
When he arrived early Wednesday morning, there was no pesticide smell hanging in the air, Mr. Morris said, evidence that there was “nothing to be concerned with regarding volatization.” He found one container with the label burned off that still held a white liquid, determined to be “superior oil,” an insecticide Mr. Morris described as “innocuous.” He also found traces of an fungicide that would likewise pose no threat to human health or the environment. He said he was unable to detect an odor in any of the storage drums found in the ashes of the
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