'Tens of thousands of gallons' of foam fouls West Haven river as Yale fire suppression system malfunctions

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September 02, 2010

Susan Misur

New Haven Register

WEST HAVEN — "Tens of thousands of gallons" of a flame-suppressing chemical foam is believed to have spread from a broken pipe fitting at Yale University's West Campus into the Oyster River, authorities said this morning.

The foam is not harmful to people, officials said, but fish die off has been reported....

http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/09/02/news/doc4c7dcbacdb2c6425853077.txt

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The property in West Haven is the old Bayer Corporation building off I-95. The Oyster River is technically the natural boundary between West Haven and Milford and empties out into the Sound. By the sounds and the pics that were shown on the local news, it was a mess.