Reginald Farnsworth, foreign correspondent for London’s Daily Bugle, cornered Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to inquire about the Denver bed bug infestation. Napolitano admitted that Ahmed Muhammad Mustafa al Ibaba, the Bedbug Bomber, had been in Denver several weeks before his arrest by the FBI. When asked whether Ibaba had visited any cities in addition to New York, Philadelphia, Detroit and Denver, the head of Homeland Security would only say, "No comment."
DENVER FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE FLAMES, FLEEING BEDBUGS
Denver Post
September 29, 2010
Denver firefighters ran into more than the normal hazards at a house fire. Crews responding to the blaze Wednesday also had to battle bedbugs, the bloodsucking insects quickly becoming the scourge of households and businesses across the country.
Lt. Phil Champagne of the Denver Fire Department tells The Denver Post that firefighters had to be decontaminated after going into an attic where items were infested with bedbugs.
The bugs scurried away from the flames and latched on to firefighters' equipment and gear. Some of the gear had to bagged so the bugs wouldn't get a free ride to the firehouse.
There were no injuries, but the home was declared uninhabitable.
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