A Holly Hill (Florida) Firefighter assisting Ormond Beach Firefighters at a fire at a self-storage business Sunday got sick after some kind of chemical splashed on him. The firefighter was transported to Halifax Health Medical Center by EVAC ambulance, Firefighter Bill Kimmy was doing better at the hospital Sunday night but was being kept overnight for observation, said Holly Hill Fire Chief Ron Spencer.
FF Kimmy was listed in stable condition Sunday night, a nursing supervisor said.
Firefighters were called to Simply Self Storage at 610 S. Yonge St. at 5:42 p.m. Sunday to reports of white smoke coming out of three or four storage units. Holly Hill firefighters also responded to assist, King said.
Firefighters opened the unit and located a 35-gallon drum smoking. When water was put on it, the chemical, which King said was some kind of ammonia product used to bleach hair, splashed on Kimmy’s arm. Twenty minutes later, he started having respiratory difficulty and started vomiting, King said.
