A Morton Salt plant in downtown Chicago partially collapsed on Tuesday, spilling a massive pile of salt onto cars parked at a nearby Acura dealership.
The Chicago Fire Department's office of news affairs confirmed that no injuries had been reported. The spill prompted the Fire Department to shut down traffic on the street in front of the building at Elston and Potomac for a short time while emergency personnel were on the scene, WGN News reported.
Morton Salt is a Chicago-based company that produces table salt, specialty salt, ice melters and other salt products. Its slogan -- "When it rains, it pours" -- became the butt of several Twitter jokes on Tuesday afternoon.
No reports of injury. Cars affected from Acura dealership pic.twitter.com/cPZM3iPYhi— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) December 30, 2014
Partial building collapse causes massive spill at Morton Salt: http://t.co/gVdIXZidVY pic.twitter.com/j7GohrXa5A— WGN TV News (@WGNNews) December 30, 2014
Aerial view of the wall collapse at #MortonSalt from Skycam 9.. salt pouring onto cars. (Elston/Division) @WGNNews pic.twitter.com/v0nzi8gLqh— Sarah Jindra (@SarahJindra) December 30, 2014
UPDATE: Elston now back open both ways at Division. Big clean up needed here!!! pic.twitter.com/ov9IhcxCBv— Sarah Jindra (@SarahJindra) December 30, 2014