Fire crews from the Hanford Fire Department and Visalia Fire Department were at the scene of an unknown chemical release involving a city of Hanford trash truck on Wednesday, authorities said.

The fire department urged the public to avoid the area of Lacey Boulevard and 9 1/2 Avenue while crews responded to the incident.

No further details were immediately released.

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