Hazmat situation underway in Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) is on scene of a local hotel due to a small chlorine release.

CSFD says they are at the Satellite Hotel, located at 411 Lakewood Circle. Crews say the chlorine release happened in the basement.

According to officials, they received a call about the chlorine around 10 a.m.

Once they arrived, they found a chlorine product in the basement near the pool area.

CSFD says they believe employees were doing maintenance with chlorine tabs, but accidentally created a reaction that made a cloud of smoke. Officials say three employees were injured, but they were treated at the scene and released.

"All the fumes are contained to the basement with some, with some odor that got up on to the first floor. So we did end up evacuating the first floor of the hotel, which is all businesses, commercial properties. And, there's about six businesses that were affected," said CSFD Capt. JJ Halsey.

Guests and residents are being asked to shelter in place, and CSFD says there is no evacuation order at this time.

The fire department cleared the area by 1 p.m.

All businesses on the first floor of the Satellite Hotel were allowed to reopen in the afternoon.