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A creek in Smyrna, Georgia was filled with a milky, white chemical that had a nauseating smell and left some residents with itchy throats.Officials said the chemical was an automotive cleaning solvent that spilled from a nearby Apollo Technologies facility.The polluted water was dammed off and removed before it could reach a larger waterway.

A 2,300-gallon chemical spill has leaked into a creek in a northwestern suburb of Atlanta, producing a nauseating smell along more than three-quarters of a mile of the waterway.

The incident occurred in Smyrna, Georgia, , according to WXIA-TV. Residents said theysmelled a nasty odor and some had itchy throats, and when locals approached the water, they noticed it was filled with a milky, white substance, WXIA also said.

Emergency crews were able to dam the waterway before the chemical reached Nickajack Creek, the report added, and contaminated water was pumped out shortly after.

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Apollo Technologies, which owns a plant in the area, said the spill was an automotive cleaning solvent , WGCL-TV confirmed through Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services.

"The safety of the community and our employees is our top priority," the company said in a statement. "As of [Saturday] afternoon, we were able to quickly dam the creek and contain the situation and are doing everything as quickly and safely as possible to clean this up."

Dead fish were seen near the chemical spill, but it's not believed that anyone was hospitalized from the impacts of the polluted creek. Still, residents were angry that such a spill was possible and damaged the wildlife that came in contact with it.

"I'm disgusted, I don't even understand how this can happen. ... ," local resident Virginia Belizaire said in a separate WXIA report. "There's no way anything natural or living can survive in that mess."

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