The hive of 80,000 bees attacks the woman, leaving her unconscious

LAKE FOREST – Una lady cleaning 52 years and four firefighters were wounded on Monday after being attacked by a swarm of Africanized bees, leaving the woman in critical condition

The woman had arrived to clean a house in the 23000 block of Buckland Lane, in Lake Forest, when she was attacked by a ] swarm of bees, according to the captain of the Orange County Fire Authority, Tony Bommarito.

According to witnesses, Maria was in the house with the other three housekeepers when she decided to go out and look for a mop. She opened the chest and as she watched, she turned around and that was while the bees rushed towards her.

There were so many bees that when the firefighters arrived, they could not see his face. "He probably had a few hundred, if not thousands of bees, just stuck in his hair and crawling on his face" said Ryan Wilson, a firefighter from Orange County, on fire rescue

. ] 80,000 bees in all those involved in the attack, reported Dave Lopez of CBS2. Maria has been stung more than 200 times.

By choosing not to expect special combinations to protect them from bees, firefighters entered with a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher that they normally use for fire, Bommarito said.

They determined that they needed to keep this patient away from bees They were bitten four times, twice, said the captain.

Maria was taken to the Saddleback Medical Center in critical condition, Bommarito said.

Two firefighters were also injured, but they were waiting to recover, while the other two firefighters were also bitten several times, but refused to be transported. In total, six people were hospitalized. "They did a great job," he said Bommarito about firefighters

I hate to use the cliché that they made a life-and-death decision, but Is exactly what they did.