19 evaluated after medical emergency at Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy

Tonight an investigation is underway after 19 people were taken to the hospital from the Capitol Guardian Youth Challenge Academy in Laurel. Emergency crews responded to multiple medical calls at the facility before declaring a mass casualty incident. Fox 5's Regina Ureta is live near the facility with the latest on the investigation. Regina. Yeah hey Katie and right now the investigation at least here on the facility has wrapped up. We were noticing paramedics as well as fire crews who were here. They were leaving this area but from what officials have told us 19 people were taken to the hospital for evaluation. Again this is the Capitol Guardian Youth Challenge Academy. Now the county fire crews they were first called to the facility for a medical emergency just after 2 p.m. Responders say it was the third call to the same location about 90 minutes for patients with similar symptoms. Out of an abundance of caution crews launched a carbon monoxide investigation but found no detectable levels of carbon monoxide inside the building. As that response continued 15 more people reported minor symptoms prompting a mass casualty response. In all 19 patients again were evaluated and transported. Officials say the cause of the illnesses remain under investigation. Now based on the patients shared activities it does seem like this could be food related but no definitive cause has been detected just yet. We hope to get more information from officials and as soon as we hear more details about what happened here at this facility we'll be sure to share it with you. Katie. All right thanks Regina.