Spokane: 14 People Hospitalized at Fairchild Air Force Base Over ‘Unknown Irritant’

A HAZMAT team was called in after 24 people reported “feeling affected by an unknown irritant.”
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Fourteen people were hospitalized after an incident at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington, on Thursday.

The base confirmed that a HAZMAT team was called in after 24 people reported “feeling affected by an unknown irritant,” officials said in a statement posted on Facebook.

The building has been evacuated. The incident occurred at around 8:30 a.m. local time at the base’s Logistics Readiness Squadron in Building 2045, Air Force officials said.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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