Haz-Mat Scare on Bus

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Story Published: Oct 11, 2008 at 9:26 AM EST

Story Updated: Oct 11, 2008 at 10:35 AM EST

By Jim Herr

A stop over in Buffalo made for some tense moments for bus passengers on their way to Boston late Friday night. Area emergency officials responded to the N.F.T.A. bus station on Ellicott Street, in downtown Buffalo, after several passengers aboard a bus started feeling ill and complaining about eye and throat irritation.

The bus was evacuated and the 27 passengers onboard were quarantined until they could be checked out by doctors from the Erie County Medical Center S.M.A.R.T team.

A Hazardous Materials crew from Buffalo Fire’s “Rescue 1” did a sweep of the bus to find no demonstrable risk.

All 27 passengers from the bus were evaluated at the scene and did not require transportation to the hospital. They have since continued on to their final destination.

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