One person is dead and a dozen more were injured during a HazMat incident near the University of Texas-Austin on Wednesday.
The scene is at the 21 Pearl Apartments in West Campus near 21st and Pearl streets, according to ABC13.
Fire officials on scene told local media the culprit appears to be hydrogen sulfide.
Hundreds of residents in the area were being evacuated.
From KZAN: “First responders switched over to a hazmat environment immediately donned protective gear. The crews then took the initial patient out and did a quick decontamination effort on him as well as making sure others in the building were quickly evacuated.
“Crews quickly started ventilation and going door-to-door to make sure everyone was okay,” says AFD Division Chief Palmer Buck. Buck says initial readings indicate the chemical in the apartment was hydrogen sulfide.
The Austin-Travis County EMS says the person who died is a man in his 20s. A woman who is the property manager, was taken to the hospital in stable condition. Five other patients were treated at the scene.”
The victims were not identified.
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