Two people were taken to hospitals after firefighters responded to reports of a chemical odor at the Luther Burbank Elementary School on the Northwest Side, officials said.

An EMS Plan 1 and a Level 1 Hazmat were called at the school in the 2000 block of North Mobile Avenue in the Galewood neighborhood, according to fire media information.

At least five ambulances were sent to the school as a precaution.

Initial reports said the odor may have been pepper spray from the exterior of the school that came in through ventilation, officials said.

When firefighters arrived at the scene, there was no apparent evidence of pepper spray in the interior of the school, but it was detected in a meter reading, officials said.

It turned out, it wasn’t just an odor. There was something else in the restroom.
“They described a yellow spray pattern on the wall, something that looks like it got sprayed all over the wall and the toilet,” said San Diego Fire & Rescue Captain Chuck Adams.
The Hazmat team conducted tests, and determined that the substance was pepper spray.

Fire Rescue workers responded to a Hialeah school Monday after several students began complaining about a burning sensation in their eyes, officials said.

About 20 kids at Jose Marti Middle School at 5701 Northwest 24th Avenue were affected around 9 a.m., according to Hialeah Fire Rescue spokesman Cesar Espinosa.

A command post was set up to treat the children and a Hazmat unit was brought in to determine the cause, Espinosa said.

Officials said 20 children were taken to Palmetto General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. More were treated at the scene.

It's believed the situation was caused by someone spraying pepper spray in a stairwell, but the cause is still being investigated, officials said.

The school was evacuated and officials said classes weren't dismissed but any student who wanted to leave would be allowed.

(UNIVERSITY CITY) Seven units on the top floor of a University City apartment building were evacuated, while other residents on that floor were ordered to shelter in place, after a chemical irritant released into the air sent five people to the hospital.

San Diego Fire Rescue and hazmat crews were called to the La Jolla Crossroads on  the 9000 block of Judicial Drive shortly after 7pm Wednesday. Several residents on the building's fifth floor complained of symptoms of a burning, irritated throat and nose, as if they had been exposed to a chemical similar to pepper spray.

In all, five residents were transported to the hospital to be treated for those symptoms, which abated over time. Fire officials confirm that some sort of chemical irritant, perhaps pepper spray, had been released on the floors, and diffused through the air. Two firefighters were also examined at the scene, but did not need to be hospitalized.

SOUTH SALT LAKE (ABC 4 News) - Several residents of a South Salt Lake motel were evacuated Saturday after they complained of a strange odor and burning sensation in their lungs.

Hazmat crews arrived at the Ramada Inn at 2455 S. State Street just before 11 a.m.  Several guests told fire crews they were experiencing trouble breathing, and some guests were even vomiting.

Fire investigators turned on high-powered fans to air out the motel, but they were not able to determine the source of the smell.  Fire bosses speculate someone may have sprayed mace or pepper spray.

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. --
A can of pepper spray accidentally went off in a Colonial Heights home Sunday morning, forcing the residents out of the building temporarily and prompting the regional hazmat team to be called in.

Residents in the first block of Brandywine Court reported burning sensations in their eyes and throats about 11:30 a.m. Sunday, said city Deputy Fire Marshal Joe Boisseau.

Colonial Heights fire officials received reports of a strong, unknown odor in the area of townhomes on Brandywine Road.

Crews isolated the substance to a single residence, and five people were evacuated from the scene.

Members of the Crater Regional Hazmat Team suited up and entered the residence to attempt to identify the chemical.

Shortly before 2 p.m., officials identified the source, found in a trash container, as pepper spray that had accidentally discharged.

KENT, Wash. -- Dozens of people evacuated a downtown Kent apartment building after some reported difficulty breathing late Sunday night.
Police said 50 evacuated the building on West Smith Street and a hazmat team responded.
Firefighters used a large fan to clear out the fumes from what they determined was pepper spray.
One person went to the hospital to get checked out but everyone else was OK.
There was no word on where the pepper spray came from.

SAN DIEGO -- A janitor suffered a minor chemical burn Thursday when contents of a can of pepper spray he fished out of a trash can at a Hillcrest mall spewed onto him.
The 45-year-old maintenance man reported being doused on the hand by the caustic liquid at the Hillcrest Cinemas complex in the 3900 block of Fifth Avenue just before noon, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Medics washed the patch of the man's skin contacted by the chemical, then took him to a hospital for a precautionary evaluation, SDFRD spokesman Maurice Luque said.

SAN DIEGO — A maintenance worker in a Hillcrest movie theater complex suffered a minor chemical burn and two people were nearly overcome by fumes from a can rigged to spew pepper spray Thursday, fire officials said.

The 8-ounce can’s trigger was “deliberately configured” to keep spraying the irritating chemical, said Maurice Luque, San Diego Fire Rescue Department spokesman.

“It’s basically an assault situation,” Luque said. “Potentially, it could be a felony. Pepper spray can cause burns and respiratory problems.”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Metro police investigated a potential hazmat situation at the North Police Precinct on Tuesday afternoon.

It happened around 3:30 p.m. at the precinct at 2231 26th Avenue North at Clarksville Pike. Fire Department's Hazmat team was called out after a woman came in to report that her soon to be ex-husband may have tampered with her car.

Police said she had removed the floor mats and the head rests and put them in the trunk.  She went inside the police precinct and got an officer. When they both went back to the car and opened the truck, they were hit with fumes that stung their eyes and throat.  That's when  hazmat crews were called in to investigate.

They tested the substance and determined it was not hazardous. Metro police spokesperson Don Aaron said it is believed that the substance may have been pepper spray.

A detective from the domestic violence squad is working this case to see if charges need to see if charges need to be filled against the woman's husband.