For those that remember - or not - this happened at LATCC in - I think - 1992. It took days to get the smell out of the ops room! Difference was that this one took NAS with it. In this case the guys at LTCC saved NAS by removing the Scottish centre from its sphere of interest!
By the way - the "its not safe", "it was scary" is for ATCO's and pilots to decide. NOT for us support people.