Children taken to hospital after chemical leak in north west London
The centre was evacuated
Last updated 29th Aug 2024
11 people - including nine children - have been taken to hospital after a reported chemical leak in north-west London.
Emergency services were called to reports of a chlorine leakage at Everyone Active sports centre in Vale Farm, in Wembley earlier this afternoon.
Members of the hazardous area response team were at the scene.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said:
“We were called at 1.34pm today (29 August) to reports of a chlorine leak on Watford Road, Wembley.
“We sent a number of resources to the scene, including ambulance crews, incident response officers and members of our hazardous area response team (HART).
“We treated nine children and two adults at the scene before taking them all to hospital.”
The Met Police said in a statement
"Police were called at 13:40hrs on Thursday, 29 August to reports of a chlorine leak at a pool in Watford Road, Wembley.
Officers, the London Ambulance Service and the London Fire Brigade are in attendance.
The leisure centre has been evacuated as a precaution and road closures are in place."
The London Fire Brigade said:
Firefighters were called to reports of a chemical incident at a leisure centre on Watford Road in Wembley.
Crews carried out a sweep of the building where a chlorine leak was found in a learner pool on the ground floor of the three-storey building. Firefighters ventilated the area and monitored the levels of fumes until there were no elevated readings.
Around 150 people left the building before the arrival of the Brigade. Two adults and nine children suffering inhalation of chlorine gas were taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service.
The Brigade was called at 1342 and the incident was over for firefighters by 1543. Two fire engines, two Fire Rescue Units and around 20 firefighters from Northolt, Wembley and Euston fire stations attended the scene.
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