34 Taken to Hospitals After Woman Sprays Perfume in Texas Call Center

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34 Taken to Hospitals After Woman Sprays Perfume in Texas Call Center

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FORT WORTH, Texas — At first, fire officials suspected that carbon

monoxide or some other toxic fumes had sickened almost 150 people at a Texas

bank

call center.

It turned out that perfume was to blame.

 

MedStar ambulance spokeswoman Lara Kohl says 34 people were taken to

hospitals, 12 by ambulance, after reporting dizziness and shortness of breath

Wednesday at a Bank of America call center in Fort Worth. An additional 110

were treated at the scene.

 

Fort Worth fire Lt. Kent Worley says the incident started with two people

complaining about dizziness after a co-worker sprayed perfume. Others

reported being sick when an announcement was made that anyone with similar

symptoms should exit the building.

 

Investigators do not know what type of perfume was sprayed.

 

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