--- title: Axe Body Spray Fumes Cause Evacuation of Church and Daycare description: A faulty can of Axe Body Spray was responsible for the evacuation of a Seattle church and daycare center on Friday. canonical: https://time.com/4268017/axe-body-spray-evacuation-church-daycare/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-22T18:53:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:03.813Z og:title: Axe Body Spray Fumes Cause Emergency Evacuation of Church and Daycare og:description: A hazmat team was called in og:url: https://time.com/4268017/axe-body-spray-evacuation-church-daycare/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Axe Body Spray Fumes Cause Emergency Evacuation of Church and Daycare twitter:description: A hazmat team was called in twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Axe Body Spray Fumes Cause Emergency Evacuation of Church and Daycare > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 22, 2016 6:53 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 22, 2016 6:53 PM UTC A faulty can of [Axe Body Spray](http://time.com/72852/surprise-the-new-axe-body-spray-ad-is-super-romantic/) was responsible for the [evacuation](http://time.com/4154276/school-threats-evacuations-increase/) of a Seattle church and daycare center on Friday after it began emitting “cough-inducing fumes.” > [](https://twitter.com/SeattleFire/status/710941399227576320) A backpack containing the leaking can was found in a bathroom in the church, prompting a [911 call](http://time.com/4247905/two-year-old-911-pants/) about the offending bag and the clearing of both buildings, reports [MyNorthwest.com](http://mynorthwest.com/11/2935819/Mens-body-spray-sends-people-fleeing-from-Seattle-church-daycare). When the fire department arrived on the scene, they decided to call in a hazmat team to investigate the source of the fumes. Luckily, the team soon discovered that the “suspicious item” was only the malfunctioning — and “non-hazardous” — spray. **Read More:** [School Shut Down and Kids Hospitalized After 6th Grade Boys Spray Too Much Axe](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/31/school-shut-down-and-kids-hospitalized-after-6th-grade-boys-spray-too-much-axe/) Moral of the story — maybe reconsider using Axe if you don’t want to smell like a toxic cloud of gas. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4268017/axe-body-spray-evacuation-church-daycare/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4268017/axe-body-spray-evacuation-church-daycare/"},"headline":"Axe Body Spray Fumes Cause Emergency Evacuation of Church and Daycare","datePublished":"2016-03-22T18:53:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:03.813Z","description":"A hazmat team was called in","url":"https://time.com/4268017/axe-body-spray-evacuation-church-daycare/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Business topic","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4268017/axe-body-spray-evacuation-church-daycare/","name":"Axe Body Spray Fumes Cause Emergency Evacuation of Church and Daycare"}}]}] ```