One person was hospitalized Tuesday after a hazmat incident at a building in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, according to fire officials.
Firefighters responded to 988 Howard St. after they learned of people having breathing problems on the building’s seventh floor, fire officials said on Twitter just before 1 p.m.
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Once at the scene, firefighters discovered bleach mixed with a cleaning product had caused at least five people to complain of breathing issues.
One person was hospitalized for evaluation, fire officials said.
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