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Yuck! 7 hospitalized after office fridge cleanup

May 15, 2009 10:23 AM EDT

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Hazmat team called in after mix of rotten food, chemicals sparks vomiting

updated 11:17 a.m. CT, Wed., May 13, 2009

SAN JOSE, Calif. - An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to the hospital and made many others ill.

Firefighters had to evacuate the AT&T building in downtown San Jose on Tuesday after the fumes led someone to call 911. A hazmat team was called in.

What crews found was an unplugged refrigerator crammed with moldy food.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30720344/

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Comments: 8

Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen May 15, 2009, 10:32am EDT

Yuck, Can't believe no one had used the fridge and found it earlier.

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Nancy * ♥ Self-Proclaimed Site Tigger ♥ May 15, 2009, 10:59am EDT

My hubby told me this one. funny and yet sad at the same time.

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Renda B~surviving the storm by dancing in the rain. May 15, 2009, 3:08pm EDT

That's pretty gross.

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fancy c. May 15, 2009, 3:26pm EDT

oh my

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Debby C. May 15, 2009, 6:33pm EDT

oh that's just nasty, shame on AT&T for letting something like this happen in the first place..

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R B May 15, 2009, 6:38pm EDT

That's hillarious. Time off with pay would be nice.

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Krystal Harwell May 17, 2009, 1:08am EDT

eeeeeeew..... in this case, saving it for later should not apply :|

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Paula C. May 17, 2009, 9:38pm EDT

that is the nastiest story I've read in a long time! I can't believe she couldn't smell anything! On top of that, she should have been smart enough to figure out that you couldn't put that much rotten food on a counter/table and not expect someone to smell something.

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