UPDATE: ‘Noxious substance’ incident at Kettering retail park
The ambulance, police and fire service attended the scene at about 3.30pm following a 999 call.
It was reported that customers had come into contact with a noxious substance. This was said by some witnesses to be pepper spray although that has not been confirmed by the authorities.
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It is not thought at this time that there are any life-threatening injuries.
Several members of the public could be seen with blankets around their shoulders outside the store at 5pm, and large bottles of a clear substance had been poured on the ground outside the store.
Initially the incident was being treated as a major incident but it has now been downgraded.
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Hide AdOne person who witnessed the emergency response said: “There was a cordon across the whole car park. I’ve never seen so many hi-vis vests in one place.”
The area was taped off while customers were treated but the wider cordon has now been lifted.
An East Midlands Ambulance spokeswoman said: “We received a call at 3.44pm on 15 February from our colleagues in the police force requesting medical assistance at a commercial premises in Belgrave Retail Park in Kettering.
”We sent two paramedics in ambulance cars and two crewed ambulances. Two patients were taken to Kettering General Hospital.”