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Rescuers may have been exposed to toxins
By Carol Ann Alaimo , Arizona Daily Star
Azstarnet.com
03.27.2006
Tucson, AZ - In a case that has rescuers baffled, seven Southern Arizona emergency workers were taken to hospital Saturday night for suspected exposure to hazardous toxins during what seemed a routine fire call.
Five Arivaca volunteer firefighters, and two Southwest Ambulance employees who came to their aid, were hit with symptoms including strained breathing, burning skin and tearing eyes after the firefighters extinguished a seemingly ordinary car fire on Pronghorn Avenue in Arivaca, about 40 miles south of Tucson.
"They had a reaction to something that was not normal from a fire," said Chief Bill Bohling of the Green Valley Fire District, which sent its hazardous materials team to render aid when the stricken fire crew called for help.
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By Carol Ann Alaimo , Arizona Daily Star
Azstarnet.com
03.27.2006
Tucson, AZ - In a case that has rescuers baffled, seven Southern Arizona emergency workers were taken to hospital Saturday night for suspected exposure to hazardous toxins during what seemed a routine fire call.
Five Arivaca volunteer firefighters, and two Southwest Ambulance employees who came to their aid, were hit with symptoms including strained breathing, burning skin and tearing eyes after the firefighters extinguished a seemingly ordinary car fire on Pronghorn Avenue in Arivaca, about 40 miles south of Tucson.
"They had a reaction to something that was not normal from a fire," said Chief Bill Bohling of the Green Valley Fire District, which sent its hazardous materials team to render aid when the stricken fire crew called for help.
Read more here...