Officials are projecting it will take weeks to remove and properly dispose of the remaining chemicals at the former Pool Doctor-Beaver Alkali Products site which caught fire Friday evening.

Lauren Fraley, spokeswoman for DEP, said the department and its contractors will remain on site at 25 New York Avenue in Rochester through at least Wednesday but that the project to remove and properly dispose of the chemicals in the two buildings is expected to take weeks. Some parts of the building that caught fire are still inaccessible and work on the other building has not started.

According to Fraley contractors are also preparing to neutralize and dispose of the chemicals, water and building debris. Many of the chemicals in the buildings were unlabeled, and their containers were compromised. Both buildings are dilapidated, with collapsing roofs, and unsafe for entry.

No further reactions have occurred and air monitoring has detected no chlorine levels in the air or off-site odors.