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More than 100 people were treated for heat-related illnesses after high temperatures struck a crowd gathered to see a historic steam locomotive in Pennsylvania, on Thursday (July 2), police said.

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00:01More than 100 people were treated for heat-related illnesses after extreme temperatures struck
00:07crowds gathered to see a historic steam locomotive in Pennsylvania on Thursday.
00:13Authorities declared a mass casualty incident as temperatures soared to around 41 degrees
00:17Celsius, while thousands of spectators waited for the delayed arrival of the train.
00:22Emergency crews responded to a surge in medical emergencies, with aerial footage showing first
00:28responders carrying a patient on a stretcher through the crowd.
00:32Police said 35 people were taken to hospital, while one person who suffered cardiac arrest
00:37was successfully revived before being transported for further treatment.
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