{"id":152494,"date":"2024-10-12T12:40:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T12:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/12\/mass-casualty-incident-after-children-and-adults-eat-toxic-mushrooms-in-pennsylvania\/"},"modified":"2024-10-12T12:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T12:40:07","slug":"mass-casualty-incident-after-children-and-adults-eat-toxic-mushrooms-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/12\/mass-casualty-incident-after-children-and-adults-eat-toxic-mushrooms-in-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Mass casualty incident&#8217; after children and adults eat &#8216;toxic mushrooms&#8217; in Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/512x512\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png?resize=512,512&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#8216;Mass casualty incident&#8217; after children and adults eat &#8216;toxic mushrooms&#8217; in Pennsylvania\" title=\"&#8216;Mass casualty incident&#8217; after children and adults eat &#8216;toxic mushrooms&#8217; in Pennsylvania\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>A group of children and adults have been taken to hospital in the US after ingesting &#8220;toxic mushrooms&#8221;, in what has been described as a &#8220;mass casualty incident&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services in Peach Bottom Township, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/pennsylvania-5689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a><\/strong>, were alerted after 11 people became ill after ingesting the fungi on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>They had eaten &#8220;toxic mushrooms and were all ill&#8221;, the Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company said.<\/p>\n<p>It described the situation as a &#8220;mass casualty incident&#8221; and said emergency units were dispatched from multiple counties in the area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/robbie-fitzgibbon-former-british-international-athlete-dies-aged-28-13232363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former British international athlete dies<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/centuries-old-mystery-over-christopher-columbuss-origins-to-be-revealed-13232364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mystery over Christopher Columbus to be revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-strapline sdc-article-strapline--default-layout\" data-component-name=\"sdc-article-strapline\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-strapline__link\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-strapline__image-wrap\">\n                <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/320x180\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png 320w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/640x380\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png 640w\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/256x256\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png 256w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/512x512\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png 512w\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-strapline__body\">\n                <span class=\"sdc-article-strapline__title\">Follow Sky News on WhatsApp<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-strapline__text\">Keep up with all the latest news from the UK and around the world by following Sky News<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va868Fv8vd1UsF99tP1u\" class=\"sdc-article-strapline__button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tap here<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Laura Taylor, Delta-Cardiff fire chief, said all the adults and children were in a stable condition after being taken to hospital, local television station WPMT reported.<\/p>\n<p>Peach Bottom Township is about 56 miles (90km) southeast of Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania state.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/mass-casualty-incident-after-children-and-adults-eat-toxic-mushrooms-in-pennsylvania-13232416\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of children and adults have been taken to hospital in the US after ingesting &#8220;toxic mushrooms&#8221;, in what has been described as a &#8220;mass casualty incident&#8221;. Emergency services in Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania, were alerted after 11 people became ill after ingesting the fungi on Friday. 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