Chlorine leak injures 15 kids at swim meet
Published: 8 Dec, 2008 CET.
Updated: Mon 8 Dec 2008 10:54 CET
A group of 15 children had to be rushed to the hospital after being overcome by chlorine fumes at an indoor public pool in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, police reported late on Sunday night.
The children were evacuated during a regional swimming event in the indoor swimming pool in the city's Drispenstedt district after experiencing a variety of reactions to high levels of chlorine in the water, the pediatric clinic in Hildesheim announced.
The young patients required urgent treatment for breathing difficulties and eye irritation. Authorities measured high levels of airborne chlorine gas in the swimming hall, but have not yet discovered the source of the leak. A special police unit closed the pool to investigate.
This isn’t the first case of chlorine poisoning in a public pool in Germany. In late October, 25 people were hospitalized after a failure in the measuring unit at a swimming hall in Bitburg.
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The children were evacuated during a regional swimming event in the indoor swimming pool in the city's Drispenstedt district after experiencing a variety of reactions to high levels of chlorine in the water, the pediatric clinic in Hildesheim announced.
The young patients required urgent treatment for breathing difficulties and eye irritation. Authorities measured high levels of airborne chlorine gas in the swimming hall, but have not yet discovered the source of the leak. A special police unit closed the pool to investigate.
This isn’t the first case of chlorine poisoning in a public pool in Germany. In late October, 25 people were hospitalized after a failure in the measuring unit at a swimming hall in Bitburg.
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