4 children dead in Texas in pesticide spraying incident - CBS

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4 children dead in Texas in pesticide spraying incident

AMARILLO, Texas -- Four children died from gas poisoning believed to have been caused by a pesticide sprayed under their Amarillo home, officials say.

Amarillo Fire Department officials say other people who were in the home are “not out of the woods” yet.

Fire officials say a chemical reaction occurred when one person tried to wash off a pesticide that had been sprayed under the house. Poisonous Phosphine gas was released.

Capt. Larry Davis said in a statement Monday that crews responded to a medical call at the home about 5 a.m. One child died at the scene and three others died at a hospital. Officials didn’t release any identifying information, including the children’s ages.

Read More At: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gas-poisoning-amarillo-texas-four-children-dead-others-injured/

Terrible story, read the article to see how this occurred.

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Terrible story, read the article to see how this occurred.

Saw this in our local paper....how horrible.  They said 6 are in the hospital in unknown condition.  I pray they survive

[TomSea]

I know the pesticide was underneath the house, trailer it sounds like. Okay, we get it, don't mix in water and it didn't happen in this case seemingly but I wonder if rain could ever present this kind of danger as well? Wet gets around.

It's a bit odd, even for a place in the Panhandle to be reading about pesticides in the winter.