COLUMBUS - The Columbus Division of Fire responded to a hazmat situation in east Columbus on Wednesday.
It happened around 9:45 a.m. in the 5900 block of East Main Street.
Battalion Chief Steve Martin told 10TV a man became ill after being exposed to a substance in a vacant suite of a strip mall.
Martin said the landlord of the building flushed a toilet with low water levels in the vacant suite. An orange liquid appeared from a chemical reaction mix of ammonia and drain cleaner product causing the man then became ill, according to the chief.
Medics treated him at the scene.
Stay with 10TV for updates on this developing story.
