Chemicals leak in Karvina swimming pool

About a thousand visitors to a public swimming pool in Karvina, North Moravia, had to be evacuated on Saturday due to a leak of chlorine and sulphuric acid, a spokesperson for the Moravian-Silesian fire-fighters said. One person inhaled the dangerous substance and had to be taken to the hospital. The accident happened after the staff poured chlorine into a tank with sulphuric acid by mistake. The police are investigating the accident for suspicions that the criminal act of public danger was committed.

Author: Jan Richter