Operations & Training

Bug Bombs Hospitalize Three WA Firefighters

Jan. 17, 2019

Spokane Valley firefighters were exposed to the hazardous pesticide after multiple devices were activated in an apartment.

By Will Campbell

Source The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.

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Three Spokane Valley firefighters were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after being exposed to chemicals from a bug bomb.

The firefighters were responding to a hazardous materials call near South Eastern Road and East 6th Avenue, when at about 1:30 p.m., they entered the residence and breathed in the gas. They were transported to a local hospital and are in stable condition, said a fire department spokesperson.

Firefighters said the resident of the apartment, who wasn’t home and hasn’t been since the bug bombs went off, set off three at once. They were intended for bed bugs and fleas.

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