Two firefighters with the New Hanover Township Fire Company were taken to the hospital after they reported feeling nauseous and dizzy while responding to a call for an odor of gas Monday morning, reports The Mercury News.
The owner of a home along the 2500 block of Swamp Pike called 911 around 10:36 a.m. and reported that she smelled gas in her home. When firefighters arrived, the homeowner informed them that two large pet birds, a parrot and a cockatoo, had died in the last day or so and that she was suffering from headaches and nausea, according to Fire Chief Phil Agliano.
Agliano said responding firefighters conducted a check of the interior and exterior of the home using gas meters, but their equipment did not detect anything dangerous.
After the first team that responded entered the home, two of the firefighters began complaining they did not feel well, Agliano said. A paramedic team checked out the firefighters and recommended they be taken to Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, according to Agliano.
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