Chemical spill in Tulare sends dozens of people to the hospital

FRESNO, Calif.

Workers there said they started feeling sick after they tried crushing a storage tank that had been dropped off for recycling.

The tank still had chlorine inside a hazmat team was called in and Tulare's fire chief says it was a challenge trying to get all of the patients to hospitals nearby.

The fire department is using surveillance video to help determine who dropped off the tank.

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