FORT ERIE, Ont. -- One person has died and two others have been taken to hospital after an ammonia leak at a food company in Fort Erie, Ont.

The Fort Erie Fire Department says it was called to Rich Products shortly after 12 p.m. to investigate reports of an ammonia odour.

They say homes in the area have been evacuated as a precaution, but contained the leak around 1 p.m.

Niagara Regional police say the two taken to hospital suffered non life-threatening injuries.