11 People Overcome By Fumes At Poultry Barn
Date posted - May 20, 2015
George, Iowa ? Eleven people were overcome by fumes of some kind on Wednesday afternoon at a chicken confinement between George and Boyden.
According to Lyon County Sheriff Stewart Vander Stoep, the call came in about 2:40 PM, for eleven people experiencing symptoms such as vomiting, headaches, blurred vision, and respiratory problems...
The sheriff says that the people were washing the walls after a bird flu outbreak. He says they originally thought the gas was anhydrous ammonia, or ammonia of some kind, but the workers said that their gas masks should have protected them from that.
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Date posted - May 20, 2015
George, Iowa ? Eleven people were overcome by fumes of some kind on Wednesday afternoon at a chicken confinement between George and Boyden.
According to Lyon County Sheriff Stewart Vander Stoep, the call came in about 2:40 PM, for eleven people experiencing symptoms such as vomiting, headaches, blurred vision, and respiratory problems...
The sheriff says that the people were washing the walls after a bird flu outbreak. He says they originally thought the gas was anhydrous ammonia, or ammonia of some kind, but the workers said that their gas masks should have protected them from that.
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