Bed Bug spraying sickens residents at apartment building in Detroit
Posted: 04/20/2012
DETROIT (WXYZ) - Emergency crews responded to the scene of a HAZMAT situation at an apartment building on Greenfield in Detroit.
EMS, Detroit Police, the fire department and HAZMAT crews were on the scene.
The building was being sprayed for bed bugs, but some of the residents did not leave the building.
Emergency crews could be seen hosing down individuals and taking residents away by ambulance.
Officials tell Action News eight to ten people were taken to area hospitals to be treated.
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