An investigation continues after smoke from the burning of methamphetamine seized by the FBI billowed into a Billings animal shelter and forced the building to be evacuated.

City Administrator Chris Kukulski said 14 workers at the Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter were taken to local hospitals for testing and treatment following the incident on Wednesday afternoon.

Five law enforcement officers who were onsite while the drugs were being destroyed were also checked. Kukulski said they tested high for carbon dioxide, but negative for methamphetamine.

Several dozen animals were also evacuated from the shelter and none were lost, he said. The cats have been moved to other locations and the dogs are being fostered or kept outside in kennels.

The incinerator is located in a city-owned build

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