A person is dead in what authorities are calling a hazardous materials incident Saturday at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose.
About 10 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to the hotel on a report of an attempted suicide on the 19th floor using chemicals, San Jose Fire Department Capt. Mitch Matlow said. The crew found the woman dead in a hotel room in the 19th floor, the fire captain said.
Six hotel staffers and guests who were exposed to the chemical were decontaminated at the hotel and then taken to the hospital, Matlow said.
Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, he said.
Another group of people was evaluated on the scene and not taken to the hospital, Matlow said. The chemicals have not been identified, and doing so is “a long, slow process,” the fire captain said.
Northbound Market Street remained blocked from San Carlos Avenue to San Fernando and is expected to remain closed for hours, Matlow said Saturday afternoon. Southbound Market Street is open.
No additional information was immediately available.
Photo Credit: San Jose Fire Department
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Source: NBC Bay Area
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