Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter
Meth burn by FBI smokes out Montana animal shelter
Workers at a Montana animal shelter were evacuated and sent to the hospital after smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine incinerated by FBI agents started to fill the building
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Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article is mostly accurate, reporting on the incident where an FBI meth incineration caused the evacuation and hospitalization of animal shelter workers. There's a slight slant towards sensationalism, but the core facts are supported by multiple sources. Minor details, such as the exact number of workers affected, vary slightly across sources.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: Workers at a Montana animal shelter were evacuated and sent to the hospital after smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine incinerated by FBI agents started to fill the building.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms that workers at a Montana animal shelter were evacuated and sent to the hospital after smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine incinerated by FBI agents.
- Verification Source #3: Confirms that thick smoke began seeping into the shelter after a drug burn conducted by the FBI.
- Verification Source #4: Confirms that workers were rushed to the hospital after breathing in meth-laced smoke from a botched FBI drug burn.
- Verification Source #5: Confirms that a cloud of smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine seized by the FBI and incinerated inside a Montana animal shelter sent its workers to the hospital.
- Assessment: Supported by multiple sources.
- Claim: Two pounds of methamphetamine were incinerated.
- Verification Source #1: Confirms two pounds of methamphetamine were incinerated.
- Verification Source #5: Confirms two pounds of methamphetamine were incinerated.
- Assessment: Supported by multiple sources.
- Claim: The workers found out it was methamphetamine smoke through a call from a city official.
- Verification Source #2: States that the workers found out it was methamphetamine smoke through a call from a city official.
- Assessment: Supported by one source, but not verified by others. Could be considered unverified.
- Claim: 14 Montana animal shelter workers hospitalized
- Verification Source #4: Fourteen workers at a Montana animal shelter were rushed to the hospital
- Assessment: Supported by one source, but the ABC article does not specify the number of workers hospitalized. Other sources do not all agree on the exact number.
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- apnews.com confirms the core incident: "Workers at a Montana animal shelter were evacuated and sent to the hospital after smoke from two pounds of methamphetamine incinerated by FBI agents."
- www.krtv.com states: "Within minutes of a drug burn conducted by the FBI in the building's incinerator, thick smoke began seeping into the shelter."