A pair of buildings at Johns Hopkins Hospital were evacuated this afternoon due to a hazmat incident that exposed some employees to tuberculosis.
Fire officials told WBAL-TV that the cause was possible tuberculosis exposure, and Baltimore Fire Chief Roman Clark told The Sun “it is a hazmat situation.” To add, WJZ reports some people may have been exposed due to broken vials.
A statement from hospital spokeswoman Kim Hoppe clarified things a bit. Hoppe said the fire department was “actively investigating a small amount of tuberculosis during transportation in an internal bridge between Cancer Research Building 1 and Cancer Research Building 2.
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