The Charlottesville Fire Department responded to a call Monday night which reported a chemical smell inside the common areas of the Corner Village at 1215 Wertland Street, according to an incident report released by the fire department yesterday.
Charlottesville Fire Chief David Werner said department units, comprised of three fire engines, one tower, one hazmat unit and the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad, were dispatched to Wertland Street after people reported feeling sickly and suspected the odor was the cause.
"Upon arrival, an odor was detected in the common hallways but at [the] time, nothing had been detected as a hazardous material," Werner said in an email.
Werner said one of the buildings was evacuated as a precaution only.
"There was a woman and then another young woman who felt sick after and asked for assistance from the rescue squad," Werner said in the email. "One refused treatment, [but] I think [the second one] may have been transported to the [University] hospital."
Werner said the department hazmat team members determined the odor, which has since dissipated, had come from a cleaning agent used earlier in the day by the cleaning staff.
-compiled by Viet VoPham
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