More Office Workers Stricken by 2nd Day of Mystery Fumes
Mystery fumes sickened office-building workers for a second straight day Wednesday, and 30 were taken to hospitals.
The nine-story Overton Centre Tower had to be evacuated, just as it was Tuesday when hundreds of workers began gasping, collapsing and screaming for help amid noxious fumes.
The building was closed until specialists could be hired to find the source of the problem.
“We never like to get to the point where we put up our hands and give up,” Fire Lt. Kent Worley said. “But there may be a point where they’re going to have to contact a consultant.”
The building was aired out overnight. “We couldn’t find anything with our meters or noses, so we left it up to building management, and they decided to open it back up,” Worley said.
Within two hours, people on all floors began complaining of nausea, headaches and shortness of breath.
Worley said the problem may be in the air-conditioning and heating equipment.
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