Toxic Gas Leak Gives Guests Breathing Problems at Sydney Hotel

Toxic Gas Leak Gives Guests Breathing Problems at Sydney Hotel
Emergency service workers at the scene of a chemical leak at the Pullman Hotel in Sydney, Australia on Sept. 19, 2018. AAP/Joel Carrett/Reuters
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SYDNEY—At least eight people at a publicly listed hotel in the Australian city of Sydney were hospitalized on Sept. 19, after breathing toxic gases flowing through the building’s air conditioning system, an ambulance official said.

A worker accidentally mixed pool chlorine and hydrochloric acid, used as a cleaning agent, at the Pullman Hotel, Steve Vaughan, acting superintendent of New South Wales Ambulance, told Reuters.