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The store hadn't opened yet when responders rushed to the Paramus Park mall at 7:45 a.m. Nov. 6, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said.
The pipe had been ruptured, releasing the CO2, while a service company was doing maintenance work, the chief said.
Everyone was evacuated, including three workers who'd gone to the roof of the building and had to be collected by borough firefighters using a ladder truck, Ehrenberg said.
"The leak was shut down and the store was ventilated to clear out the gas," he said.
Responding along with police and firefighters were members of Paramus Emergency Medical Services (PEMS), EMTs of the IAEP Local 201, the Paramus Rescue Squad, a Bergen County Hazardous Material Response Team and Oradell Fire Department, Ehrenberg said.
Their work was completed at 11:20 a.m. and the store was expected to reopen by noon, the chief said.
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