29 Hospitalized After London Olympic Pool Chlorine Gas Leak

29 Hospitalized After London Olympic Pool Chlorine Gas Leak
Emergency services near the Aquatics Centre, at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, on March 23, 2022. Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP
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LONDON—Authorities said 29 people were taken to the hospital with breathing difficulties on Wednesday after a “high quantity of chlorine gas” leaked in a swimming pool at the London sports complex that hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics.

The London Fire Brigade said around 200 people were evacuated after the chlorine gas was discharged inside the Aquatics Center at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London due to a “chemical reaction.”