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Health and safety officials alerted to chemical spill

A woman suffered eye injuries in an amonia leak at a Highland industrial estate.

27 January 2012 15:01 GMT

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Health and safety officials alerted to chemical spill

Spill: 200m cordon while chemical spill was cleared up. Pic: © STV

The Health and Safety Executive has been alerted after a woman was injured in a chemical spill.

A woman suffered eye injuries in an amonia leak at Dalcross Industrial Estate on Thursday afternoon.

Police set up a 200m cordon while fire crew cleared up the toxic spill at around 4.10pm.

A woman was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness with eye injuries from the exposure to amonia.

She was discharged without medical treatment.

A Health and Safety Executive spokeswoman said: "We are aware of the incident and are making initial inquiries.

"A decision will be made as to whether to launch a full scale investigation."

The road from Ardesier to Inverness Airport was closed for some time following the spill and people advised to stay away from the area.

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