2 horses killed, man stung 250 times after swarm of bees take over his home

Two people were hospitalized on Friday when they were stung by a swarm of bees in Riverside County. 

Firefighters say it happened a little after 7:30 p.m. in the 9500 block of 52nd Street in Jurupa Valley, according to a post on X from the Riverside County Fire Department. 

Crews arrived to find both victims, unidentified thus far, suffering from stings from the swarm of bees. One was said to be in moderate condition and the second in serious condition as they were rushed to a local hospital. 

Antonio Moreno and his son were sent to the hospital after the attack. While still in disbelief, he's grateful he and his 12-year-old son Mateo are alive. 

"I've never seen anything like that until that day," he said in Spanish. "They came, and we were just sitting down, and they attacked us."

Moreno was stung 250 times and passed out in the ambulance while paramedics rushed him to the hospital. 

Four horses were also stung by the bees, firefighters noted. A veterinarian was called to the scene to treat them. However, two of them died. 

Max Bautista, an ECO Guard Technician, arrived to the property about a week after to remove the hive. He believes he removed about 50,000 bees.

"This hive has been there about a year, probably longer, just how much I pulled out," he said. "It was about a hundred pounds of honeycomb I pulled out there."