Three children and a four-month-old baby were poisoned by chlorine in the municipal swimming pool in the Miralbueno district of Zaragoza. While two of them were taken to Miguel Servet Hospital by ambulance, the other two remained in the care of their relatives. Those who were intoxicated were treated by the Zaragoza Fire Department, which supplied them with oxygen and urgently transferred them to a uvivóvil to seek medical attention. The facility is not closed.
Apparently the cause was a minor blockage in the pool’s chlorine injection pump. When the water passes, the blockage dissolves and all the chlorine that has built up comes out, producing superchlorination. In principle, the pools will open normally tomorrow, but work will be done to review the facilities, machinery and ships so that everything works correctly.
a yellow cloud
The pool did not need to be emptied, but The affected glass, which is splash glass, has been sealed by the Local Police so that it cannot be used. The operators of the aquatic center have taken measurements on other vessels and in principle they are not affected and are operating normally.
“A yellow cloud of steam suddenly appeared on the glass of the pool for the little ones”, a user pointed out. “There was a lot of excitement and when help arrived, two of the little ones were already well, but there were apparently two people who inhaled more chlorine and were not well,” he added.
An eyewitness said, “A girl vomited after inhaling the resulting gas.” “At first his family thought he had swallowed something, but soon realized there was some kind of chlorine leak when they saw that there were other little ones feeling bad,” he added.
“The ones in worse condition were the baby and an eight-year-old.”commented a family coming out of the pool. “At the time of the accidentIt would be half past six in the afternoon and there would be about 200 people in the pool.“, he stated.
For comments collected on installation, The general comment among those who washed was that there was a problem with the chlorine pump. “I’m surprised they didn’t turn it off,” another user said. “They limited themselves to putting a seal on the entrance to the splattered glass,” he continued.
great flock
The incident occurred at a very rush hour.. It was afternoon and it was very hot. Users of all ages bathed in the different pools in the facility.
Some of the bathers did not understand what was happening. “I didn’t really see or hear anything,” said a middle-aged woman who came out of the pool. Responsible for the center declined to make a statement and the press was not allowed to enter the building.
“I don’t know, it just seemed to me that they were running the case in secrecy so that the occupants wouldn’t notice,” one of the Miralbueno residents said. He said he was going to spend the afternoon with his wife and three children.
Municipal sources state that in principle none of the children are in serious condition. “They were taken to health centers for further safety, but did not experience serious poisoning, in fact two of the four affected people immediately returned to their parents after they were confirmed to be well,” the official source adds.
In the case of the baby, they add that he was hospitalized for a checkup because he was small, while in the case of the 8-year-old boy, he was most affected because he was himself. near the chlorine cloud that instantly builds up over the pool when most purification machines fail.