{"id":56290,"date":"2023-02-10T16:29:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/02\/10\/hazardous-firefighting-foam-accidentally-discharged-in-marine-hangar\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:49:08","slug":"hazardous-firefighting-foam-accidentally-discharged-in-marine-hangar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2023\/02\/10\/hazardous-firefighting-foam-accidentally-discharged-in-marine-hangar\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazardous firefighting foam accidentally discharged in Marine hangar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A fire-suppressing foam that the Pentagon is phasing out because of health risks<\/a> was inadvertently discharged in a hangar at a North Carolina Marine base on Jan. 6, the Marine Corps confirmed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fire-suppression system \u201cactivated and discharged\u201d at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, in the aircraft hangar of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing\u2019s Marine Attack Squadron 223, Maj. Melanie Salinas, a 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing spokeswoman, wrote in a statement to Marine Corps Times on Feb. 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPersonnel, aircraft, and equipment were in the hangar at the time of the discharge while Marines conducted routine maintenance,\u201d Salinas wrote. \u201cA Marine who was exposed to the foam was taken to a medical facility as a precaution, and was reported unharmed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSeveral aircraft and ground equipment were damaged,\u201d a Naval Safety Command description of the incident noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, can quickly quell fires, especially those involving flammable liquids like oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\t