The staggering incompetence of Kash Patel’s FBI is on display again after fourteen staff members at a US animal shelter were taken to the hospital after the FBI used an incinerator at the facility to burn two pounds of seized methamphetamine. Now, I don’t know much about meth, but wouldn’t that have turned everyone at the animal hospital, including the animals, who have smaller lungs than humans into tweakers? Or even overdose? It’s unlikely the animals got high, but it is poisonous, which can cause vomiting, seizures, elevated heart rate, hyperthermia, or organ damage.
The cause: Two pounds of seized methamphetamine were incinerated, and a “negative air pressure issue” caused the toxic smoke to be sucked back into the building instead of venting outside.
BBC reports:
Staff and some 75 cats and dogs were evacuated from the Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter in Billings, Montana, when the building filled with smoke on Wednesday.
The incinerator is usually used by animal control officers to dispose of euthanised animals, but local authorities said it can also be used by law enforcement to burn seized narcotics.
The cats and dogs have been relocated, and the animals which experienced the most smoke exposure are now under supervision.
The incident was caused when smoke was pushed in the wrong direction because of negative pressure, according to Assistant City Administrator Kevin Iffland.
