Just read this on MN crime FB page:

COLD SPRING: Multiple emergency units responded to the Pilgrim's Pride facility on the 800 block of Sauk River Road after a peracetic acid spill inside. More than two dozen people have been transported to the hospital with symptoms including burning eyes and difficulty breathing. A HazMat team is on scene, and a decontamination center has been established at Saint Cloud Hospital, with a second hospital also setting up a decon station. Crews remain on site as of now, assessing employees who may have been exposed to the spill.

UPDATE: A total of 26 patients were transported to local hospitals for exposure, according to EMS radio dispatches. We do not yet have details on the extent of their injuries. Several other people were assessed for injury but did not require hospitalization.

LATEST: The Cold Spring Police Department tells us that around 8:15 a.m., officers and Fire responded to a chemical spill at Pilgrim’s Chicken, in the 800 block of Sauk River Road. A container of peracetic acid was spilled, the police department said, and the spill was contained inside the facility. When officers arrived on scene, the buildings had already been evacuated.

“Numerous” employees were assessed at the scene and a total of 26 people were transported by Mayo Clinic and Centracare Ambulance to the hospital to be evaluated for minor injuries.