Alarms were sound again this morning when a second call out to Epping industria was received. EMS workers were surprised to hear that they would be responding to the same address where yesterday’s drama took place and again for a gas leak.
A number of workers started showing symptoms of eye irritation, headache, nausea and vomiting after noticing a smell of an unknown gas in the building. Panic erupted and emergency services were activated immediately to attend to the situation. The local fire department was called first and expecting the worst after yesterday, activated all other emergency systems.
When ER24 paramedics arrived at the scene they could see that it was an isolated case and not a mass evacuation like the previous day. After investigating the situation the paramedics found that the panic had started at a nearby packing facility and storeroom. A total of six workers were treated at the scene and taken to a nearby private hospital for gas inhalation.
With this being the second day of a unknown gas filling the building’s and sky at Epping industria, ER24 and the rest of the EMS community are ready for any possible repeat of yesterday and today’s incidents.
Andre Visser
ER24