Three Dead and a Dozen Injured After Exposure to Strange Substance

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Three people have died and more than a dozen people have been quarantined after coming into contact with an unnamed substance.

First responders attended a possible drug overdose call at an address in Mountainair, New Mexico, east of Albuquerque, on Wednesday.

Inside, they found four people unresponsive, three of whom were later confirmed to have died.

However, authorities said when responders returned to the base, several began to feel dizzy and started throwing up, ABC News reports.

Officer Wilson Silver with New Mexico State Police said that two had been in a serious condition, with reports suggesting one remains in the hospital. “I guess we’re just going to have to start wearing hazmat suits into these calls and wearing oxygen,” said Antonette Alguire of Mountainair’s volunteer fire service. “It’s getting to that point where we just have to live in fear, even saving lives.” She was on call and applied CPR to one of the victims, but did not go inside the home and did not experience any symptoms.

Overall, 23 people were exposed, the University of New Mexico Hospital said via ABC. The cause of the situation has not yet been determined, according to Mountainair Mayor Peter Nieto.

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