UK: 19 People Injured in Hampshire After Suspected Gas Leak

UK: 19 People Injured in Hampshire After Suspected Gas Leak
Zachary Stieber
9/17/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

19 people are being treated in Hampshire in the United Kingdom after a suspected gas leak on Tuesday.

All of the people were in two stores at Hedge End, a shopping center near Southampton, reported BBC.

Emergency services said the situation was a “major incident.”

Police said evacuations of the two stores--Sainsbury’s and Marks and Spencer--was done after people began coughing and complaining about feeling sick.

The shops have been cordoned off and police are investigating the situation.