24 field workers exposed to fungicide in Kings County

KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A adjacent telephone for 2 twelve tract workers successful Kings County Friday aft they walked into a tract that had been sprayed with a chemical.

A hazmat squad responded to the country of Pueblo and Tenth avenues, southwest of Corcoran, astatine astir 9:30 a.m.

They learned that the radical had been moving successful a tract that had been sprayed with a fungicide the nighttime before.

It was not recommended that anyone participate the tract until 9 a.m. Friday, but the workers entered sometime betwixt 5:30 and 6 a.m.

As a result, they got secondary contamination, and 2 radical experienced symptoms. That's erstwhile their supervisor called for help.

"The cognition was stopped and everybody got retired of the tract instantly and that was the close happening to do, and we effort to enactment arsenic speedy arsenic we tin but besides portion being harmless to marque definite everybody is cared for and taken attraction of arsenic rapidly arsenic possible," Kings County Battalion Chief Blake Adney said.

Everyone was decontaminated and checked by exigency personnel.

Two radical experienced headaches and immoderate nausea.

They were not taken to the infirmary but alternatively took themselves to a section clinic. All are expected to beryllium okay.