1 Dead in Hazardous Materials Incident at San Jose Fairmont Hotel

One person is dead in what authorities are calling a hazardous materials incident Saturday at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California.

At about 10 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to the hotel on a report of an attempted suicide on the 19th floor using chemicals, San Jose Fire Department Capt. Mitch Matlow said. The crew found the woman dead in a hotel room on the 19th floor, the fire captain said.

Hazmat teams worked to decontaminate nine people, mostly workers, who were exposed to the chemical which some said had an odor similar to rotten eggs.

Their injuries were not thought to be life-threatening, he said. Three floors were evacuated.

"We were in our room on level 19 when all of a sudden we heard the panic alarm sound and then someone announced we needed to leave," said one ho