Fumes from hair dye sparked Southfield hazmat situation
100 yards around Hawthorn Suites evacuated after chemicals reportedly found
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Fire department: Fumes from hair dye caused Southfield hazmat situation
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – Fire crews said a hazmat situation that prompted the evacuation of everyone 300 feet around a Southfield hotel Wednesday was caused by fumes from a box of hair dye.
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Oberlin said she and two of her friends were held by Southfield police for several hours while hazardous material crews investigated what chemicals were making people sick.
Oberlin said one of her friends could have died.
“He was vomiting in bed,” Oberlin said. “I said, ‘If you don’t get out, you’re going to die.’”