Bee Stings – East South Street

Bee Stings – East South Street

Firefighters were paged to a house on East South Street in the City of Richland Center to assist people off of a roof who had become under attack by a swarm of bees. The people on the roof were in the process of putting a new roof on the house when they disturbed a colony of bees. Prior to firefighters arrival at the scene everyone was able to safely climb down ladders to the ground. Richland County EMS also was paged to the scene to give medical care to the victims. The call occurred at aproximately 3:25 p.m. on August 9, 2011.