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.

3 dead and first responders decontaminated in New Mexico after exposure to unknown substance

During the response, authorities said, first responders were exposed to the substance and began experiencing symptoms including nausea and dizziness.

PBS News (www.pbs.org)

[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.