An alert warned of bees from an overturned truck, but the Burlington fire chief said no truck had overturned.
BURLINGTON, Wash. — A box of bees fell from a truck at a Burlington intersection early Friday morning, prompting a public safety alert despite no known stings, according to Burlington Fire Department Chief Rob Toth.
The box fell off the truck around 6 a.m. at the corner of Burlington Boulevard and Fairhaven, Toth said.
The incident led to a Skagit Ready Alert warning residents of a bee swarm at 100 N. Burlington Blvd. and telling people to avoid the area until further notice. The alert said the bees came from an overturned truck, but Toth said that part was not accurate.
Toth described the scene as “not impressive” and said he had to call dispatch to make sure he had arrived at the right location when he responded.
He said no one, as far as he knew, was stung.
Toth said there were people at the scene scooping up the fallen bees.
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