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26 people taken to hospital after ammonia leak at commercial building in Northern Virginia

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Officials in Loudoun County , Virginia , received a call reporting a gas leak Wednesday around 8:36 p.m. local time.

Ammonia is a "colorless highly irritating gas with a sharp suffocating odor," according to the Center for Disease Control .

The incident follows a different ammonia leak in Boston this week .