An incident Thursday at the Warren County Public Safety Building and 911 Communications Center in Franklin Township sent county employees to the hospital.
Outside contractors working on the 1024 Route 57 building accidentally triggered a fire suppression system discharge, county spokeswoman Holly Luberto said in a news release.
It occurred shortly before 11 a.m. Emergency radio broadcasts carried the 911 center dispatching its own emergency before employees evacuated.
“As a precaution County employees were taken to the hospital where they were checked, cleared and released,” Luberto stated.
County officials immediately established temporary 911 emergency communications using their Fieldcomm mobile communications vehicle in conjunction with Phillipsburg’s dispatch center, according to the release.
Regular county 911 communications were expected to be back online by Thursday evening, the release states.
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