Cabin John Shopping Center Reopened After Evacuation

POTOMAC, Md. (WUSA) -- Montgomery County fire officials say that the Cabin John Plaza shopping center is now open after parts of it were evacuated due to a possible hazardous situation. Captain Oscar Garcia of Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service says that hazmat investigators have not been able to identify what made people sick inside the Giant grocery store.

Health officials joined firefighters in investigating the Giant and surrounding stores in an effort to determine the source of the smell reported by customers and workers. 

The total number of people evaluated by firefighters and medics was 14. Six of them were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening symptoms.

It is still not known what caused the odor. Firefighters found no sign of a gas leak, including the freon used for the freezers.