Pumpkin spice scent sickens 4 people

Friday, October 6, 2017
BALTIMORE (WPVI) -- 'Tis the season for pumpkin spice, but the popular scent became so intense at a Baltimore school, it made four people sick.

Someone reported an unusual smell on the third floor of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Thursday.
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It got so bad, the hazmat team was called to test for toxins.

It turned out to be a pumpkin spice air freshener.

Two students and two adults experienced nausea.
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