Headline Roundup • February 24th, 2024
Haz-Mat Incident Sends 54 to Hospital
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Over 50 people have been hospitalised following a hazmat incident in Pennsylvania. Fire crews and police are in attendance Sharp Corporation - a pharmaceutical company - at 7451 Keebler Way in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County. 52 people have been hospitalised after eyewitnesses said there was a chemical smell in the building and some employees were reporting nausea, vomiting and headaches. Lt Pete Nickischer from the township police said crews are monitoring the interior of the building. Nickischer told WFMZ the cause had not yet been determined. St. Luke’s says...
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UPPER MACUNGIE, Pa. (CBS) - At least 52 people were sent to the hospital Friday after a hazmat situation at the Sharp Corporation building on the 7400 block of Keebler Way in Upper Macungie Township, Pennsylvania. Emergency crews were called to the building shortly after noon for reports of an odor and people feeling sick. It's unclear what the source of the odor was. Crews have since cleared the building, allowing people to re-enter.
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52 people taken to hospital after hazmat situation in Lehigh County UPPER MACUNGIE TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Fifty-two people have been taken to the hospital after a hazmat incident was reported Friday afternoon in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, township police told WFMZ News. Crews were sent to Sharp Corporation at 7451 Keebler Way around noon, according to Lt. Lt Pete Nickischer with the Upper Macungie Township Police Department. Nickischer said there was a chemical smell in the building and some employees were reporting nausea, vomiting and headaches. Fire, EMS,...
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