NSW:Chemical scare at Qantas catering site

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2010
NSW:Chemical scare at Qantas catering site

SYDNEY, Dec 6 AAP - Eight people have been treated by paramedics and hundreds more
have been evacuated after a chemical scare in southern Sydney.

Fire and ambulance crews were called after a strong odour was detected throughout the
Qantas catering building near Mascot Airport at 7.37am (AEDT) on Monday.

NSW Fire Brigade superintendent Ian Krimmer said the odour was believed to be from
a floor treatment product.

"At this stage it is believed to be a floor treatment product, the vapours of which
have gone through the building as a result of air conditioning," he told reporters.

"We've evacuated up to 400 people from the building as a precaution."

A NSW Ambulance spokesman said eight people were being treated at the scene for fume
inhalation as fire crews ventilated the area.

St George Hospital is on standby to treat patients.

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