A “mass casualty incident” was declared at a Pennsylvania event on July 2 due to heat illnesses impacting dozens of attendees, according to multiple local reports.Local authorities told ABC27 and Fox29 that more than 100 people needed medical treatment at the event at the Reading and Blue Mountain Railroad Outer Station in Berks County, where crowds gathered to see the world's largest operating steam locomotive, Union Pacific’s Big Boy, on its nationwide tour.
ABC27 and UPI reported that dozens of attendees were also transported to local hospitals for further assistance, including someone who went into cardiac arrest and was resuscitated.
The local temperatures that day reached 106 degrees, according to multiple outlets.
The "mass casualty incident" declaration was made to prompt emergency resources, the outlets added.
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