>> vic, hazmat crews arrived after several people fell ill here at the keswick center. >> reporter: one by one, employees in the kes wick sowrp south center are loaded into ambulances. several are rushed to the hospital after suddenly becoming ill. >> trouble breathing. unknown cause of the illness. at this time is it under investigation. hazmat has been performing sweeps of the building. >> hundreds were immediately evacuated. some didn't want to go on camera. >> announcement came over the pa system, telling everybody to evacuate the building. >> we kept hearing sirens coming and going. and my manager came in a little later, like 10-ish. and she said, what's with all the sirens, the ambulances out front for? next thing you know, they made the announcement for everybody to vacate the building. we have been out here for 40 minutes. >> it's still unclear what cause the ilcontinuous. >> we've checked for carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide and others. >> reporter: we're told more than 1,000 hospital and university employees work here at the kez wick building. patients are not seen here. it's