The brakes squealed as the ambulance came to a halt. It was pandemonium, emergency crews everywhere, police directing traffic, firefighters running into the building axes at the ready with their breathing apparatus in place. No place for an inexperienced ambo but that was exactly where Tim Debney found himself.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Tim looked up and saw a guy in a suit blocking his path. "I need to get in, there's people in need of medical assistance"
The guy looked at for a moment then handed him some breathing gear. "Good luck son, just get those poor bastards out of there"
"What am I facing? Gas leak? Anthrax?"
"No son. One of workers here went fishing during lunch about four years ago and never took his catch out of the fridge. Boss made him clean it out today but the minute he cracked the door all hell broke loose."
An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to hospital and made many others ill. Firefighters evacuated the AT&T building in San Jose after the fumes led someone to call emergency services. A hazardous materials team was called in.
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