Overview

• Office workers reported a chemical smell about 11:20am at the corner of George and Mary streets, prompting evacuations.
• Queensland Fire and Emergency Service dispatched three crews and a scientific HAZMAT unit and partially evacuated the building for several hours.
• Air monitoring detected nothing of concern, and the building was handed back to management at about 2:45pm.
• Paramedics treated four people, with two taken to St Andrew’s Hospital in stable condition and two assessed at the scene.
• The specific source of the odour was not identified by authorities.