Eighty percent of the substance was identified as zirconium oxychloride, which can cause a mild skin irritation, according to Golden Gate fire spokesman Victor Hill. The rest is still being analyzed.
Zirconium oxychloride is used in leather processing, textile processing and cosmetics.
A Commercial Clean-Up truck went to the landfill with the substance around 2 p.m. It was discovered that the substance was reacting to plastic, he said. The substance will be sealed in a hazardous material container and removed from the landfill.
No one was hurt. No one had to be evacuated from the landfill or surrounding homes.
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