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.

Thousands of gallons of nitric acid leaking from a tank at the Austin Powder manufacturing facility prompted evacuations in Vinton County Wednesday morning.

A nitric acid leak at the Austin Powder Plant in Vinton County has released a toxic orange plume of gas. Here's how light winds and cooling nighttime temperatures are expected to impact the flow of hazardous air,

“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.

The leak happened at about 7:15 a.m. June 11 at the Austin Powder Red Diamond plant at 32000 Powder Plant Road (State Route 677), which is northwest of McArthur, the county seat, and southwest of ...

VINTON COUNTY, Ohio (WCHS) — Phyllis Campbell said she has lived in her home just down the road from Austin Powder's Red Diamond Plant in Vinton County, Ohio for 23 years. She said this morning ...

911 tells WSAZ the leak was reported at Austin Powder Co. along Powder Plant Road. Austin Powder Co. is known for making explosives.