Man in critical condition after bee attack in Paradise Valley

PARADISE VALLEY, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Fire officials say a man is hospitalized in critical condition after he was attacked by a swarm of bees Friday morning in Paradise Valley.

Around 9:20 a.m., Phoenix and Scottsdale firefighters responded to a home on Cheryl Drive, just southwest of 56th Street and Shea Boulevard. Crews arrived to find a man being actively attacked by bees and immediately began fighting the swarm with foam. The man in his 40s was then loaded into an ambulance and rushed to a hospital in critical condition.

No one else was hurt.

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