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Hospital Evacuation
Smell of gas reacting with cleaning fluid in blocked pipe briefly shut Merritt hospital
Jun 17, 2022 | 5:16 PM
MERRITT, B.C. — Authorities say Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt was briefly closed Friday (June 17) after air sensor alarms were triggered by gas coming out of a sewage drain of a bathroom.
A statement from the hospital says the gas in a blocked pipe reacted with drain cleaning fluid, setting off the alarm.
It says 10 patients were temporarily transferred to other locations to ensure their safety.
The hospital and emergency department remained closed from around 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. while authorities checked out the cause of the smell.
