Emergency services in Peach Bottom Township were alerted after a group of 11 people – including children – became ill on Friday.
A group of children and adults have been taken to hospital in the US after ingesting “toxic mushrooms”, in what has been described as a “mass casualty incident”.
Emergency services in Peach Bottom Township, Pennsylvania, were alerted after 11 people became ill after ingesting the fungi on Friday.
They had eaten “toxic mushrooms and were all ill”, the Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company said.
It described the situation as a “mass casualty incident” and said emergency units were dispatched from multiple counties in the area.