A nitric acid leak at Austin Powder’s Red Diamond plant in Vinton County raises health, safety, and environmental concerns in the rural Ohio community.

Austin Powder confirmed that nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from its Red Diamond Plant ceased Wednesday afternoon. The company in a news release said it is taking every measure to ensure the solution is both sufficient and permanent so that an evacuation order can be lifted as soon as it is safe to

The leak happened at about 8:30 a.m. June 11 at the Austin Powder Plant at 32000 Powder Plant Road near McArthur, Jackson County Emergency Management director Robert Czechlewski said. The leak ...

“The plume has really dissipated quite a bit, so we felt like the levels were safe,” Deshaies said. “The concentration anyway in the plume was pretty low.” She said the leak was mostly limited to the plant, but you may want to visit a doctor or emergency room with symptoms like an itchy throat, nose or red eyes.

A leak of nitric acid at a plant known for making explosives sparked a mass evacuation today as flights were grounded within 4,000 square miles