BREWER, Maine (AP) — The owner of a military supply company in Maine says he’s been inundated with orders from people in California buying gas masks and chemical suits.
Maine Military Supply owner Frank Spizuoco of Brewer says hundreds of gas masks are going out the door. He says people are also ordering related gear, including chemical suits, jackets, gloves, pants and boots.
He says the spike in sales started over the weekend. Officials in Japan are struggling to contain a nuclear power plant damaged by last week’s earthquake and tsunami.
Spizuoco says people are afraid of radiation from the damaged Japanese nuclear plant making its way to the United States.
He tells the Bangor Daily News it reminds him of the frenzy after 9/11. He calls it “pretty crazy.”
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Information from: Bangor Daily News, http://www.bangornews.com
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