Vape pipe containing THC, CBD sickens 5 emergency workers and 2 Town Hall employees

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The incident occurred after a liquid escaped from a vape pipe that a police officer had confiscated Monday morning during a traffic stop, authorities said.

Holden said the police officer who made the stop unscrewed the pipe when he returned to the police station at Town Hall and it caused him to become sick. "The officer unscrewed it at the office and got it on his hand," Holden said. He soon suffered a severe headache and his eyes became bloodshot," the chief said.

A reserve office also became sick. "Paramedics came and checked on him, and a little later a paramedic got deathly sick," Holden said.

A worker in the clerk's office at Town Hall became nauseous and another became ill, he said. A firefighter got dizzy and lightheaded, and another had an uncontrollable nose bleed. All were treated at a local hospital and released, Holden said.

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The incident occurred after a liquid escaped from a vape pipe that a police officer had confiscated Monday morning during a traffic stop, authorities said.

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Holden said this is an example of the dangers police and other first responders face in their professions.

"We don't know when we respond to something what we're dealing with," he said

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