A commercial building on Richter street was evacuated Monday morning following a gas leak.
Fire crews and FortisBC were called to the scene at Richter and Lanfranco Road about 8:15 a.m.
At least 20 people were evacuated after the smell of gas filled the building.
âThey didnât give us much information. My manager walked through and said for us to turn off our equipment and make sure there were no patients as we left the building,â said Derek Smith an X-Ray technologist for Âé¶čAV Medical Imaging.
The gas leak occurred around 8:30 a.m. on Monday morning.
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It appeared it was mostly staff of medical offices who were in the building at the time of the leak.
The Âé¶čAV Fire Department stated it was not known at this time how the gas leak started.
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