Local Office Closed Down, Evacuated Due to Elevated Mold Levels

CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) - Complaints from City workers led to the shutdown of one local office and an emergency evacuation due to elevated mold levels Wednesday.

The complaint came from an employee of one of the buildings at the city's office complex near Ayers and Holly. Building 3-C housed the heavy equipment production building and contains a corner dispatch office.

Fleet Maintenance Director Jim Davis said a deteriorating roof and the recent rains led to the testing of the office air quality earlier this week, and the employees will now be working out of a portable building brought in Wednesday.

"I had a couple of employees talk to me and they said, 'You know what? I'm not sure about the air quality in here.' That's the way it went down," Davis said. "So I immediately acted. We moved everybody out. Did the test. Found elevated mold levels and went from there."

The mold remediation involves removing everything in the office and decontaminating those materials, as well as the empty offices. Davis said the two regular employees will not return to the old office until the roof is replaced and the office is remodeled.

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Local Office Closed Down, Evacuated Due to Elevated Mold Levels