Nine Children Rushed to Hospital After Pool Emergency

Nine young children are being assessed by paramedics for breathing difficulties after they were exposed to chemical fumes at a public swimming pool just south of Sydney.

NSW Ambulance crews were called to Wollondilly Community Leisure Centre on Argyle Street in Picton at about 10am on Monday. It is believed an incorrect chemical mixture was added to the pool and formed a gas cloud, a Fire and Rescue NSW spokesman said.

The group of children being treated by paramedics are under six. Two of them were taken to hospital, reports yahoo 7.

A NSW Ambulance spokesman told Yahoo7 two adults have also been hospitalised.

Fire crews have ventilated the area and the gas has dissipated.

The leisure centre has been closed until emergency services clear the area.

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23 Comments

- - mom762 said
  - 31 Jan 2019
    9:41 pm
That should not have happened the people adding the chemicals shpuld be properly trained!

- - mom81879 said
  - 02 Jan 2019
    2:33 pm
We used to have issues with the local school pool being over dosed on chemicals. Lots of sore eyes etc til they got it right

- - LuckyMum said
  - 08 Dec 2018
    12:40 am
Thats a bad mistake to have been made. i hope all the kids are ok now

- - tessie said
  - 05 Dec 2018
    2:09 pm
I’m hoping this was an honest mistake and not done on purpose. Scary to think about. Hope all the children are okay now

- - mom206279 said
  - 05 Dec 2018
    7:17 am
My husband used to run the local pools and he said its almost impossible for this sort of thing to happen. He’s quite concerned about it. Either they hire just anybody off the street and they haven’t got a clue how dangerous the chemicals they use are, or someone did it deliberately.

- - Blossom said
  - 04 Dec 2018
    8:02 pm
I have noticed on a few occasions that the chemical smell at the pool little relatives of mine have swimming lessons in is quite strong. We were told it was a safety thing because of the kids having “accidents” and the water being contaminated by that.

- - mom185490 said
  - 04 Dec 2018
    5:59 am
This is very concerning, Our local pool mixed the chemicals wrong but they continued swimmimg lessons, it wasn’t until the kids complained their skin burned that they stopped lessons.

- - Ellen said
  - 04 Dec 2018
    4:15 am
Aw this is very concerning and disturbing ! A chemical mixture added to the pool, should be something that is done with greatest care and like medication double checked. There’s too much at stake !

- - mom265671 said
  - 04 Dec 2018
    12:37 am
Scary to think it can happen at these places where kids go

- - mom93821 said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    9:57 pm
Goodness – this is just dreadful. I hope this never happens again at the pool and they address this issue.

- - mom264171 said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    9:29 pm
This is so scary, I hope they are all okay!

- - Mum2archer said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    9:28 pm
Wow that would have been very scary for the parents and the kids. I hope they all make a fast recovery

- - Myrlie said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    9:21 pm
Hope the kids are ok. I know it was probably procedure, but maybe it needs to be done first thing in the morning before they get customers

- - becstalou said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    8:32 pm
This is awful and must have been terrifying for those involved hope they are all out of hospital and fully recovered asap.

- - Amanda Holland said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    8:28 pm
Wow how lucky it wasn’t any more serious for those kids

- - MrsA said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    7:24 pm
Far out. How scary

- - nealsq said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    6:43 pm
oh wow I hope everyone recovers well from this scare!

- - mom290396 said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    6:37 pm
Gosh that’s such a terrible accident. One that should have been easily avoidable. Hopefully they take better care in the future!

- - ashna9 said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    6:17 pm
That’s very scary. Hope they are all ok.

- - BellaB said
  - 03 Dec 2018
    6:11 pm
That’s a scary kind of accident.