By Rick Hurd
Silicon Valley
PITTSBURG, Calif. — One person went by ambulance to a hospital Monday, and a hazardous-materials team was called following the leak of a substance at a Safeway, officials said.
Fire crews and paramedics were dispatched to the store on Bailey Road at about noon, according to social media posts from the Contra Costa Fire Protection District.
Authorities evacuated the store.
The district said crews later determined the leaked substance to be freon, a non-combustible gas that’s used as a refrigerant to produce cold air.
An employee who was having trouble breathing was taken to a hospital, according to fire officials. There was no information immediately available on the employee’s condition.
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