SEATAC, Wash. – A sick man's leaky baggage created a hazmat scare at Sea-Tac Airport Friday.

It turned out to be Mexican food.

An airport spokesman says the man arrived overnight from Puerto Vallarta aboard an Alaska Airlines flight. He was sick on the plane and had to be taken to the hospital.

The medics didn't get his bags, so they were set out at the baggage area all night and started leaking.

Crews in hazmat suits taped off the area to investigate, only to find that the man had packed tamales and chile in the bags.

It's not immediately clear why the man got sick.