Pennsylvania
“Toxic mushrooms” sicken 11 people, including children, in Central Pennsylvania town
Nearly a dozen people were taken to a hospital in Central Pennsylvania on Friday night after eating “toxic mushrooms,” a local fire company said.
The “mass casualty” incident happened on the 200 block of Burke Road in Peach Bottom Township, York County. The township is along the western bank of the Susquehanna River and close to the Maryland border.
“Units were advised that 11 people had ingested toxic mushrooms and were all ill,” the Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company, Station 57 said on Facebook. Ambulance units were called to the scene from York and Lancaster counties in Pennsylvania and Harford County, Maryland.
Six ambulances took patients to a nearby hospital, the fire company said.
The Pennsylvania State Police were also called to the scene, CBS affiliate WHP-TV in Harrisburg reported.
The Food and Drug Administration recommends consulting with a knowledgable expert to properly identify mushrooms that are safe to eat, and says it’s much safer to get mushrooms from grocery stores or professional mushroom farms.
There are about 250 varieties of poisonous wild mushrooms found across North America, according to the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control.
A mother and her six children died when their Central Pennsylvania home exploded and caught on fire Sunday morning, state police said.
The explosion and fire happened at around 8:30 a.m. at a home on Long Run Road in Lamar Township, Clinton County, which is roughly 35 miles from State College. Crews arrived on the scene and found the home fully engulfed in flames, with the mother and her six children trapped.
State police identified the 34-year-old woman who died in the fire as Sarah B. Stolzfus. Her 11-year-old son, 10-year-old son, 8-year-old daughter, 6-year-old daughter, 5-year-old son and 3-year-old son also died in the blaze, according to state police.
A propane leak inside the house might’ve caused the explosion and fire, state police said. Propane tanks outside the home did not explode or contribute to the fire, according to state police.
The explosion and fire are under investigation by state police.
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Pennsylvania State Police is investigating an incident in Salisbury Township on Saturday.
Lancaster County dispatch confirmed that troopers were called to the 4900 block of Strasburg Road for an incident that was reported around 11 a.m.
Fire and EMS was called to the area but have since been cleared, dispatch said.
This is a developing story. CBS 21 is working to learn more.
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