A refrigerant leak at the Market Basket in Rowley triggered an emergency alert this afternoon with a state hazmat team dispatched to the scene. The state Fire Marshal’s office said four people ...

ROWLEY, MA. – SEPTEMBER 5: Emergency personnel stage during a mass casualty incident at Market Basket on September 5, 2019 in Rowley, Massachusetts.

ROWLEY, MASS. (WHDH) - Nine people were taken to the hospital after refrigerant leaked out of a freezer at a Market Basket in Rowley on Thursday afternoon, fire officials said.

The Rowley Police and Fire Departments responded about 3 p.m. Thursday to an incident at the Market Basket on the Newburyport Turnpike.

ROWLEY, Mass. — A Market Basket grocery store in Rowley was evacuated Thursday afternoon and over a dozen people were treated after an apparent chemical leak inside a freezer.

Firefighters at Market Basket in Rowley (WBZ-TV) Sharon Anderson was one of the shoppers who was taken to the hospital. "All of a sudden I couldn't breathe," Anderson said.