People flee toxic cloud in PA town

People flee as chemical cloud hovers near New Columbia, PA

By Marcia Moore and John Finnerty The Daily Item Aug 13, 2012, 10:36 AM EDT

NEW COLUMBIA — Amanda Friend and her family were forced from their home late Thursday after a toxic acid-spewing Halliburton truck hauling 4,000 gallons of hydrochloric acid pulled into a neighboring convenience store.

There was a huge plume in the air and it was just getting bigger and bigger,” Friend said Friday, several hours after the incident at the Short Stop Market parking lot in White Deer Township, Union County…