UPDATE: Costco Shoppers Allowed Back Inside Store After HAZMAT Crews Clear Freon Leak
Deputy Fire Chief Dwayne Church says a refrigeration company was on site doing maintenance when a valve snapped, causing the leak.
Fire officials said the health department was called to make sure the leak did not impact any of the food in the other refrigerator units.
Church says no one was hurt.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Greensboro Fire officials say a freon leak at the Costco on Wendover Avenue prompted an evacuation around 3 p.m. Friday.
Deputy Fire Chief Dwayne Church says HAZMAT crews just cleared the scene and have turned the store back over the Costco employees. There's no word yet when customers will get to go back inside.