Crime & Safety
Quincy College Evacuated: Students Report Sting In Throats
A hazmat team was called to campus. The building was evacuated and fire officials are inspected each floor.
QUINCY, MA — Quincy College was evacuated Wednesday night after multiple students reported stinging in their throats and started coughing, according to police.
Authorities said one woman was "overcome" by an odor at the Presidents Place building. Several people were taken to a hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
A hazmat team was called to campus. The building was evacuated and fire officials inspected each floor, police said.
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School officials said evening classes at Presidents Place have been canceled.
Hazmat situation at 1250 Hancock. Initial reports several indivs effected by unk substance. Several transported to local hosp: non-life threatening injuries. Bldg evacuated. @792QFD on scene assessing. Hancock St- Dimmock to Coddington currently closed.
— Quincy Police (@quincymapolice) October 31, 2018
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