'Tear gas'-like canister bursts during maintenance at car dealership, 5 sent to hospital

'Tear gas'-like canister bursts during maintenance at car dealership, 5 sent to hospital

Fire officials say there is no threat to the public after a canister of a substance similar to tear gas burst at a Charleston car dealership.

Several people reportedly exposed to tear gas at Charleston business

Several people were reportedly accidentally exposed to tear gas Friday at a Charleston business, dispatchers said.Kanawha County dispatchers said firefighters r

Old safe admits tear gas at Patrick Street Plaza car dealer

Photo courtesy Jerry Waters CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Several workers at a Charleston car dealership were exposed to tear gas Friday. Workers said someone bumped into an old safe at Downtown Ford at the Patrick Street Plaza, setting off tear gas that was used to protect the safe. Charleston firefighters and police officers were on the…