OAK GROVE, Ore. (AP) - An official at a senior living complex in Oak Grove, near Portland, says a malfunctioning pepper spray canister prompted the evacuation of a building Tuesday.
The Oregonian reports (https://is.gd/tmBTSM ) that Rose Villa Senior Living complex CEO Vassar Byrd says one resident and eight staffers started coughing uncontrollably after strange odors were detected in the dining room.
The building was evacuated while other staff members called 911.
Byrd says a resident’s pepper spray canister was, in his words, “involuntarily transmitted.”
Clackamas Fire District 1 spokesman Brandon Paxton says firefighters ventilated the building. Victims treated by paramedics at the scene declined to be taken to a hospital.
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Information from: The Oregonian, https://www.oregonlive.com
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