COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — The commercial center is located off of North Wahsatch Avenue north of downtown Colorado Springs.
Lieutenant Brian Ebmeyer from the CSFD told News 5 that crews responding to the call for service measured abnormally high levels of gas coming from the building. Additional fire crews, including a HAZMAT unit, were dispatched to the scene.
Multiple stores, including the Safeway supermarket, were evacuated as a precaution. Firefighters worked to ventilate the building.
Colorado Springs Utilities will investigate the source of the gas odor.
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