UPDATE: St. Margaret School Chemical Odor Hospitalizes 3

UPDATE (9:54 a.m.)—Three people were taken to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center for treatment Tuesday morning after a chemical odor at St. Margaret School made several adults sick.

No children were made ill by the odor.

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Around 9:10 a.m., Harford County volunteer firefighters were called to the school in the 100 block of N. Hickory Avenue after a chemical odor started making people sick, according to Rich Gardiner, spokesman for .

Six adults were evaluated and three were taken to for treatment; three others declined treatment at the scene, according to Gardiner.

No students were injured or ill as of 9:35 a.m., Gardiner said.

Firefighters believe the odor was caused by cleaning work done Monday night. The source of the smell was found and removed.

A firefighter injured his ankle while responding to the call and was taken to Upper Chesapeake for treatment also, he said.

Shortly before 10 a.m., the building was cleared by Harford County HAZMAT and Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company.