UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS RESEARCH BUILDING IN
SACRAMENTO EVACUATED DUE TO CARBON DIOXIDE LEAK
January 21, 2015
A floor of a research building on the UCD Medical Center
campus in Sacramento was evacuated due to a HAZMAT situation Wednesday
afternoon.
The first floor of a 3-story research building on 2nd
Avenue, near 45th Street, was emptied due to a carbon dioxide leak, UCD
spokesperson Tricia Tomiyoshi said.
According to officials at the scene, an employee was working
and accidentally bumped the carbon dioxide valve around 4 p.m. The floor was
then evacuated as a precaution.
Sacramento Fire said in a tweet that the situation was
possibly lessened by a safety ventilation system. The leak was shut off before
4:20 p.m., and the HAZMAT situation was reduced, the fire department said.
Tomiyoshi said the first floor remained evacuated as it was
ventilated. People on the other floors safely remain inside of the building
during the leak.
By 4:35 p.m., employees were allowed back inside the
building.
No one was injured during the situation.