A Harvard Medical School building was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after two types of acid spilled on the 10th floor, a fire official said. Steve MacDonald, a Boston Fire Department spokesman, said three 2-liter bottles containing acetic and hydrochloric acid broke and the fluids spilled at about 3 p.m. inside a lab in the building at 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur. MacDonald said that the spill was contained to the 10th floor and that no one was injured. He said firefighters evacuated the building for about 3 hours while they took chemical readings and a crew cleaned up the spillage area. MacDonald said both acids can cause burns.

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