SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 22, 2019 (Gephardt Daily) — Fire crews are on the scene of a household chemical exposure incident in Salt Lake City that occurred Sunday afternoon.
A tweet from Salt Lake City Fire Department at 2:45 p.m. said crews were at a working fire in the area of 158 North 600 West.
Just 15 minutes later, a follow-up tweet said there was no fire at the location, but there was “household chemical exposure.
Officials added some 20 residents of Rendon Terrace senior apartments were evacuated after a pest control fogger went off by mistake.
At about 7:25 p.m., SLCFD tweeted that all Rendon Terrace residents needing shelter have been relocated to the Sorenson Center, 855 California Ave., where they will stay until the health department clears the apartment building for reoccupation.
Family and residents are asked to call 801-799-4636 for information, the tweet said.
Two residents and two firefighters were transported to area hospitals to be checked out as a result of the incident, officials said. Their condition is not known at this time.
The Greater Salt Lake Chapter of the Red Cross was en route to the Evacuation Center at Sorenson Multi-Cultural Center to assist those directly affected by the evacuation order, the Red Cross tweeted shortly after the incident.
Gephardt Daily will have more on this story as information is made available.
