Three people are dead and 19 hospitalized after reportedly being exposed to a substance at a home today in Mountainair, New Mexico.

[newsguyusa@flipboard.social]

Three people are dead and 19 hospitalized after reportedly being exposed to a substance at a home today in Mountainair, New Mexico. https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/authorities-find-2-dead-in-mountainair-home/

[wyatt_h_knott@mstdn.social]

@newsguyusa "It's definitely not airborne, don't worry, but keep the first responders in your prayers."

Um, why, are they dead too?

[roadskater@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa More details via PBS. Mention of possible drugs involved and I saw the word "narcotics" in another TV channel's website post.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/3-dead-and-first-responders-decontaminated-in-new-mexico-after-exposure-to-unknown-substance

[mcpinson@mas.to]

@newsguyusa
A contact toxin that causes nausea, vomiting, and headache within hours of exposure?

#Toxicology #DoctorsOfMastodon #FediDoctors

[fencepost@infosec.exchange]

@mcpinson @newsguyusa isn't cooking meth supposed to have a ton of problematic solvents and other chemicals that are probably bad to inhale?

[gdchill@sueden.social]

@wyatt_h_knott @newsguyusa "The first responders reported reactive symptoms, including nausea, vomiting and headache, including two who are now in serious condition at UNMH."

[me_valentijn@m.ai6yr.org]

@mcpinson @newsguyusa
A quick headache from a contact toxin would certainly be ... unexpected. I'd have assumed the air is contaminated with a nasty gas.

[edbruce@infosec.exchange]

@newsguyusa Seems like mass psychosis is a possibility.