857 The Mysterious Poison Source (1/2)

Now that things had come so far, the warm-hearted neighbor felt that it might really be a case of natural gas leakage. He didn't dare treat the matter lightly, and he quickly dialed the numbers for the fire department and the emergency center.

He also dialed the fire department because every household was secured with a heavy security door. If the fire department was not there to break down the door, the emergency personnel of the emergency center would not have been able to get in, and they'd be wasting precious time—such was the bloody lesson learned from the natural gas poisoning incident the year before.

After receiving the call, the fire department and the emergency center acted quickly. They immediately dispatched their firetruck and ambulance. It didn't take long before they drove into the housing facility one after the other with their sirens on.

The neighbor did not leave as planned to buy breakfast; instead, he waited by Carpenter Wang's door and sent his family downstairs for breakfast.

The firefighters and emergency care personnel came upstairs with their tools and the neighbor briefly explained the situation to them.

After listening to his explanation, in order to avoid more serious consequences caused by the explosion of natural gas, they immediately arranged the evacuation of the neighbors on the upper and lower floors. They then carefully removed the locks with their tools.

The heavy security door was opened, but the strange thing was that the firefighters didn't smell the smell of natural gas. Natural gas itself was colorless and odorless, but in order to allow people to notice the gas leak sooner, the gas company added in stinky gas to the natural gas.

The firefighters did not smell any unpleasant smell, and the natural gas alarm that was on them did not react, either.

Carpenter Wang's family was all on the ground and there were several piles of vomit on the floor. Carpenter Wang's condition was the most severe. He was unconscious and had white foam coming out from his mouth. His other family members still had consciousness, but they were unable to move their bodies.

The firefighters then judged that it wasn't a gas leak, but that it was a bad case of food poisoning.

As the emergency care personnel was also sent downstairs by the firefighters, the firefighters took turns going into the room and carried Carpenter Wang's family downstairs. They then helped the emergency care personnel and carried them into the ambulance.

However, things did not end there. The firefighters immediately developed symptoms of chest tightness and shortness of breath. They were then taken to an ambulance, along with Carpenter Wang and his family.

Before the ambulance had time to drive away, the emergency center received a second phone call, and the caller was also from the same community. It was from a different unit in the same building. It was Welder Zhao's family; they claimed that Welder Zhao was suffering from shortness of breath and was unable to stand. They were afraid that it might have been a heart attack.

The emergency care personnel was alerted and felt that the situation was serious. After taking protective measures, they rushed to Welder Zhao's home.

At that time, Welder Zhao's consciousness was already in a blur, his body was weak, and his family was very anxious. However, the emergency care personnel not only carried Welder Zhao, but they also requested that his family members go downstairs for a physical examination.

His family did not understand the situation and almost quarreled with the emergency care personnel, but after much persuasion, they reluctantly followed the emergency care personnel downstairs to undergo a physical examination, which turned out to be all normal.

As for Welder Zhao, his symptoms were very similar to those of Carpenter Wang's family––the severity was between Carpenter Wang's family and those of the firefighters.

After receiving the news, the fire department and the emergency center judged that it was not a simple food poisoning incident––it might have been a case of a large-scale poisoning, or something even more serious.

As a result, the fire department and the emergency center alerted the police.

After the police were alerted, they rushed over with haste and cordoned off the scene. The seriousness of the issue had escalated up another level.

With the feedback from the emergency center, it was confirmed that Welder Zhao, Carpenter Wang with his family, and the firefighters were all suffering from the same kind of poison. The toxicity was extremely strong, but they were still waiting for the test results to show exactly what kind of poison it was––though they could be certain that it was a rarely seen poison.

Actually, it was quite obvious when one thought about it––the firefighters had stayed in Carpenter Wang's home for only a few minutes and showed symptoms of poisoning. So how strong was this poison?

The police urgently dispatched the Biochemical Specialist Police Unit to do all they could to find the source of the poison.

Sheng Ke asked a police officer for an SLR camera and let Zhang Zian look at the LCD screen.