JAMAICA-ENVIRONMENT - Hundreds evacuated as noxious fumes force closure of building
Mar 01, 2013
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, CMC - The authorities are trying to locate the source of noxious fumes that forced the evacuation of several employees and visitors of the Central Sorting Office of the Post and Telecoms Department in the Corporate area on Thursday.
According to media reports more than 600 people were evacuated and some were rushed to the nearby Kingston PUblic Hospital for treatment.
Classes at several schools in the vicinity of the Central Sorting Office were also suspended because as the fumes started to affect the institutions.
The police have cordoned off sections of downtown Kingston as fire-fighters and officials from the National Environmental and Planning Agency (NEPA) carry out investigations. (full article)
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