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Police cordon off area near Aarhus University - investigate possible chemical reaction

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024 • 4:56 AM UTC - in Denmark

Police restrict area near Aarhus University - investigating possible chemical reaction

This morning at 06:56

East Jutland Police and the Emergency Management Agency are present at Aarhus University this Tuesday morning and have cordoned off several areas around University Park.

This follows several people reporting similar symptoms.

They write about it on medium X ().

The areas Søauditoriet and the social sciences canteen have been cordoned off by the police, and the university reports that teaching will be cancelled in these two buildings.

Besides East Jutland Police and East Jutland Fire Department, the Hazmat team from the Emergency Management Agency is also present. They will now investigate if there has been a chemical reaction.

Hazmat is an expert team consisting of specially trained personnel from the Emergency Management Agency and chemists from the chemical emergency response team. They can quickly deploy with mobile equipment to identify chemical substances.

A larger area is cordoned off Tuesday morning around the library at Aarhus University, writes East Jutland Police on X (Photo: © Thomas Boel, DR).

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