All clear at Southfield hotel after possible hazmat, chemicals were hair dye products
Southfield Police and Fire investigate a possible hazmat situation at Hawthorn Inn & Suites on Wednesday, May 26.
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) - The all-clear has been given at a Southfield hotel after a possible hazmat situation and authorities say the chemicals they were concerned about were actually hair dy products.
The Southfield Police Department said Central Park Boulevard, just west of Evergreen Road, was closed due to a potential hazmat situation at Hawthorn Inn & Suites.
The police confirmed that the boulevard was closed a little after 10 a.m. on Wednesday due to a potentially hazardous situation at Hawthorn Suites as the fire department investigates.
The nature of the hazardous material is not known but according to Southfield Police Chief Elvin Barren, an employee reported there were chemicals in the room. The employee also noted that the smell was so bad, the door had to be closed.
Around 1:30, FOX 2 learned the scene was clear and the chemicals they were concerned about were hair dye products.
The employee was treated and released and anyone within 300 feet of the building has been evacuated.
Hawthorn Suites is just south of 696 and west of Evergreen.