Odor – Riverside County News Source

INDIO: 22 sickened, 6 hospitalized, 1,900 evacuated after school haz-mat emergency

October 10, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

INDIO — Reports of students at Shadow Hills High School in Indio suddenly “feeling ill from an unusual odor” brought a large response from the City’s Fire and Police personnel, who rushed to the aid of the sickened teens and worked to determined the source of the odor, Thursday afternoon, Oct. 5. Thursday’s incident was at least the fourth such recent emergency, where buildings […]

UPDATED: Twelve sickened, 4 hospitalized after chemical released at Lake Elsinore DPSS office

August 14, 2016 Trevor Montgomery

UPDATE: 08/14/2016 1:20 a.m. With information from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department LAKE ELSINORE – Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Lake Elsinore Police Station and other emergency first responders were dispatched to “a reported irritant causing discomfort to multiple people,” according to Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Todd Grimm. The incident occurred at the Riverside County Department of Public Social […]