Three dead and 18 first responders sickened by apparent fentanyl exposure in New Mexico

First responders hospitalized and decontaminated after four people were found apparently overdosing

Three people died and 18 first responders were sickened by exposure to fentanyl in a rural New Mexico home this week, New Mexico state police said.

Police initially found four people unconscious at the home in Mountainair, 90 miles (145km) east of Albuquerque. Two were declared dead at the scene and a third died at a hospital.