Hazmat crews respond to incident near Tyrone Square Mall

ST. PETERSBURG - Police and fire units responded this morning to the Life Sciences chemical research center at 2900 72nd Street N after a maintenance worker reported hearing a shelf of chemicals collapse.

Lt. Rick Feinberg of St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue said the chemicals, which were primarily salts and solvents, mostly dissipated on their own, and the maintenance worker was checked for any respiratory issues. There were no injuries.

Abhi Raghunathan and Ken Walker, Times staff writers