Crime & Safety
Dry Ice At Secaucus UPS Store Causes Patrons To Feel Short Of Breath
This happened at 6:15 p.m. Monday and attracted a large number of Secaucus police, fire and EMS vehicles to the Plaza Center parking lot:

SECAUCUS, NJ — The UPS store in Plaza Center in Secaucus was evacuated Monday night after several boxes of dry ice inside the store caused customers to feel short of breath.
This happened at 6:15 p.m. Monday, said Secaucus Police, and attracted a large number of Secaucus police, fire and EMS vehicles to the Plaza Center parking lot. Jersey City hazmat units even responded as a precaution.
An unknown odor was causing patrons to feel short of breath, said police. The building was evacuated and four patrons were evaluated by EMS, but refused further medical attention.
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The Secaucus Fire Department determined the cause to be from several boxes of dry ice.
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