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It’s like Hurt Locker but with fast food. Hazmat team prepares to enter A&W restaurant on Esquimalt Road after chlorine gases were emitted from two chemical cleaning agents improperly mixed together. Six employees treated for irritation. pic.twitter.com/sOCO6tdxog — Katie DeRosa (@katiederosayyj) March 30, 2018

Esquimalt Fire was called to the scene about noon after employees started to experience irritation from the gas emanating off two chemical cleaning agents, assistant chief Ray Saurette said.

“It created some off-gassing that started to affect the respiratory (system) and eyes of the employees that were in the building,” Saurette said.

The six employees were treated by B.C. Ambulance paramedics on scene and did not have to go to hospital. They were given instructions to monitor for irritation or respiratory problems, Saurette said.

Esquimalt Road in the community just west of Victoria was closed between Dunsmuir and Head streets.

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