A group of firefighters and police that were responding to a bee sting were attacked Thursday afternoon by a swarm of nearly 40,000 Africanized bees.
Three of the first responders were rushed to the hospital, while the others quickly shut down the block.
"I've been with the fire department 18 years now and responded to several bee incidents," Pasadena Fire Department Public Information Officer Lisa Derderian told CNN. "But never to this magnitude."
The bees stung seven people in total, but two of them didn't go to the hospital, the authorities said.
No one got it worse than the first firefighter who arrived. The bees stung him 17 times.
That led to the group to realize that the swarm of bees covered the entire block.
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Wu-Tang at it again.