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Eleven children and adults were transported to a hospital on Friday night in Pennsylvania<\/a> after eating and being sickened by \u201ctoxic mushrooms\u201d, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Emergency medical personnel responded to a report around 9.30pm of 11 people becoming ill after ingesting the mushrooms in Peach Bottom Township, the Delta-Cardiff volunteer company station 57 said in a social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnits were advised that 11 people had ingested toxic mushrooms and were all ill,\u201d the post said.<\/p>\n

The post referred to the emergency in York county as a \u201cmass casualty\u201d situation and said emergency units were dispatched from York and Lancaster counties and from Harford county, Maryland.<\/p>\n

The Delta-Cardiff fire chief, Laura Taylor, said the adults and children were taken to the hospital in stable condition, the local television station WPMT<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

The Pennsylvania state police also responded to the private residence where the people became sickened by the mushrooms<\/a>, WPMT reported.<\/p>\n

Peach Bottom Township is near the Maryland state line about 56 miles (90km) south-east of Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania<\/a> state capital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: www.theguardian.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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