SAN JOSE (AP) - Authorities say one woman has died and eight people have been sickened in a hazmat incident Saturday at a Northern California hotel.
KTVU reports Saturday that guests of the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose reported smelling a chemical odor - similar to a rotten egg -and feeling faint, light-headed and short of breath.
San Jose Police Officer Gina Tepoorten says authorities are investigating the death as a suicide. Tepoorten said in an email the hazmat incident is related to the woman's suicide.
The TV station reports the woman who died is believed to be a hotel guest. The six other people affected were taken to hospitals but none was believed to be in life-threatening condition.
Officials from the San Jose Fire Department could not immediately be reached.
