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EMERGENCY CREWS RESPOND
AFTER A SUBSTANCE IN A PACKAGE
CAUSES A SCARE AT AMAZON'S
FULFILLMENT CENTER IN HENDRICKS
COUNTY.
IT HAPPENED ABOUT 10:THIS
MORNING AT THE RETAIL GIANT
CENTER IN PLAINFIELD.
24-HOUR NEWS 8'S ERIN MURPHY
IS THERE.
ERIN, WHAT KIND OF THING WAS IN
THE PACKAGE?
HOW DID IT IMPACT WORK THERE?
Reporter: MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE
WERE SENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
THEY WERE COMPLAINING OF MINOR
RESPIRATORY ISSUES.
NOW REALLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE AT
THIS AMAZON FACILITY IS A SEMI
TRAILER CAME WITH A SUBSTANCE
THAT WAS ACTUALLY SPILLED IN THE
TRAILER PART AT A DIFFERENT
TIME, AND THEN WHEN THEY OPENED
UP THAT TRAILER, FIREFIGHTERS
FEEL LIKE THEY THEN INHALED SOME
OF THOSE REMNANTS OF CRUSHED RED
PEPPER.
NOW, ABOUT 30 PEOPLE WERE SENT
TO HOSPITALS BECAUSE THEY
STARTED COMPLAINING OF THE
RESPIRATORY ISSUES.
SO JUST TO BE SAFE, THEY DID
SEND THOSE PEOPLE TO LOCAL
HOSPITALS.
AMAZON DECIDED TO CLOSE DOWN
THEIR DOORS JUST FOR THE DAY, AS
POLICE AND FIRE ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT IF THE AREA IS SAFE,
AND WHEN PEOPLE CAN RETURN.
RESPIRATORY ISSUES, RUNNY
NOSE, SNEEZING, COUGHING, CHEST
PAINS.
VERY, VERY RARE SITUATION THAT
WE HAVE THIS MANY AFFECTED BY
SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT OF AN
UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE.
Reporter: NOW, AGAIN, AMAZON
FACILITY DID CLOSE ITS FACILITY
DOWN JUST FOR THE DAY AS A
PRECAUTIONARY REASON THIS.
TRUCK CAME HERE ABOUT 8:50 THIS
MORNING, AND THEY SAID THE LAST
PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN
TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE MARION COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT WERE HERE AS WELL AS
PLAINFIELD FIRE AND THE AVON
HAZMAT TEAM TO MAKE SURE THE
AREA IS SAFE AND THE ASSISTANT
CHIEF WITH PLAINFIELD FIRE DID
TELL ME THAT THE AREA IS SAFE,
AND THEY DO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE
EVERYTHING CONTAINED.
AND AGAIN, PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY
RETURN TO WORK TOMORROW.