{"id":142047,"date":"2023-09-23T18:11:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T18:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=142047"},"modified":"2023-09-23T18:11:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T18:11:24","slug":"two-police-officers-rushed-to-hospital-after-exposure-to-noxious-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/two-police-officers-rushed-to-hospital-after-exposure-to-noxious-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Two police officers rushed to hospital after exposure to &apos;noxious&apos; gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Two police officers rushed to hospital after being exposed to a &#8216;noxious&#8217; gas while on 999 call in Belfast, sparking investigation by cops<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Two officers fell unwell and two others &#8216;displayed symptoms&#8217; after exposure<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Initial reports received of a gas leak at a residential building in east Belfast<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Investigation has now established that a &#8216;noxious substance&#8217; was released<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two police officers were rushed to hospital after they were exposed to a &#8216;noxious substance&#8217; while responding to a 999 call in east Belfast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to Ravenhill Reach Court on Friday evening after reports of a suspected gas leak in a communal area of the building.<\/p>\n<p>Residents were evacuated, with some then &#8216;displaying symptoms&#8217; of exposure to a noxious substance.<\/p>\n<p>Two police officers fell unwell, while two others were affected but did not require hospital treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Saturday, Inspector Dawson of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, said:\u00a0&#8216;Officers were in a building in the Ravenhill Reach Court area responding to an unrelated report, when a suspected gas leak was detected in a communal area around 9.15pm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/18\/75763679-12552877-Two_police_officers_were_rushed_to_hospital_after_being_exposed_-a-2_1695489590215.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Two police officers were rushed to hospital after being exposed to a &#8216;noxious substance&#8217; while attending an emergency call at Ravenhill Reach Court in east Belfast on Friday evening<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The building was evacuated and a nearby community centre was opened for residents while colleagues from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service and Northern Ireland Fire &amp; Rescue Service attended the scene.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE: Police probe THIRD &#8216;noxious substance&#8217; death in Middlesborough:\u00a0Officers link deaths of two women, 35 and 38, with discovery of 41-year-old man&#8217;s body two months ago<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;It has since been established that this was not a gas leak and at this time, we believe that some kind of noxious substance was released inside the building.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Residents were able to return to their homes around 11.40pm and enquiries are ongoing to establish the source of the substance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Two other police officers were also affected, but did not require hospital treatment. A number of residents were also displaying symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would commend the professionalism of the officers who were in attendance. Despite suffering from the effects of the substance, they ensured that residents were evacuated to safety.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact police on\u00a0101, quoting reference 1423 of 22\/9\/23, or submit a report at www.psni.police.uk\/makeareport.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http:\/\/crimestoppers-uk.org\/<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12552877\/Two-police-officers-rushed-hospital-exposed-noxious-gas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two police officers rushed to hospital after being exposed to a &#8216;noxious&#8217; gas while on 999 call in Belfast, sparking&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Two police officers rushed to hospital after exposure to &amp;apos;noxious&amp;apos; 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