Three sanitation workers were taken to a hospital after a container of muriatic acid burst while they were collecting and compacting trash on Saturday, according to the Spring Fire Department.

Spring Fire Department on X /@Springfdtx A sanitation worker was hospitalized after someone on their trash pickup route threw out a container of muriatic acid with the household garbage, Texas ...

Turns out, a container of muriatic acid—commonly used for cleaning and pool maintenance—had been unknowingly tossed into the garbage. Firefighters say once the trash truck compacted the load ...