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Lightheaded Waltham Gas Station Worker Reveals Dangerous Leak, Hazmat Team Responds Lightheaded Waltham Gas Station Worker Reveals Dangerous Leak, Hazmat Team Responds
Lightheaded Waltham Gas Station Worker Reveals Dangerous Leak, Hazmat Team Responds A gas station employee was restocking shelves when he began to feel lightheaded, due to a then-unknown problem that created an oxygen-deficient atmosphere inside the gas station, officials say. A male employee began work at 6 a.m., restocking shelves in the cooler at the Speedway at 66 Prospect Street in Waltham when he began to feel lightheaded and called 911, according to the Waltham Fire Department.  Firefighters arrived at the scene around 7 a.m., at which point the gas station's atmosphere had become oxygen deficient. A tier-one hazmat response was declared, sending the stat…

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by Morgan Gonzales