The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — A county official says traffic on part of the Las Vegas Strip was shut down and a man was hospitalized after he fell in a caustic acid that leaked during delivery at a resort hotel.
Clark County spokeswoman Stacey Welling says about 200 gallons of sulfuric acid leaked when a pipe broke during delivery just after 8 a.m. Thursday.
Welling says paramedics treated the man after he slipped and fell in the acid near the front entrance to the Wynn resort.
She said the man was taken to a hospital in stable condition, and county and city firefighters were able to neutralize most of the acid.
Police say Las Vegas Boulevard and parts of Fashion Show Drive and Spring Mountain Road were closed during the cleanup.