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Six Taken To The Hospital After Chemical Mixture Affects A Henrietta Hotel

TWC News

(TWC News & WXXI) Six  people were taken to the hospital Friday after some cleaning chemicals were mixed inside a maintenance room at the Holiday Inn on Jefferson Road.. The vapors caused eye irritation.

Firefighters said the people taken to the hospital are expected to be okay.

The hotel was evacuated, and guests were taken to a nearby business and then to another hotel.

Hazardous material teams used hoses to clean the patients before they were transported to the hospital.

Randy Gorbman is WXXI's director of news and public affairs. Randy manages the day-to-day operations of WXXI News on radio, television, and online.