Some of the people living in a three storey building in Sydenham Avenue, Sydenham, were coughing and spluttering as they were led out of the property at around 10.30pm.
Ambulance staff treated one woman at the scene. The patient, who is believed to be in her 30s, did not need hospital treatment.
This incident was originally called in to the emergency services as a gas leak but this was quickly ruled out and it was treated as chemical.
Oh noes! Sphincters must have been tightening in the Anti-Terrorist Squad…
Firefighters wearing special suits designed for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) incidents then entered the building to detect the source of the fumes.
But the CBRN team did not find any sign of any chemical leak in the property and at 11.53pm they reported to the police that they were putting it down to burned chillis.
Anyone who has accidentally left strong chillis in the frying pan a little
too long (i.e. me) will sympathise…
2 comments:
In which case, I don't know why Al Qaida make all that fuss about buying secret plutonium if they could manage with just vegetables.
Given the utter incompetence of the shoe-bomber, the incendiary-underpant man and the Stottish airport would-be car bombers, I think they already do...
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