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Beachlover
February 20th, 2012, 20:23
Not good...

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-inc ... 1ti50.html (http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/tourists-rushed-to-hospital-after-hotel-pool-chlorine-leak-20120220-1ti50.html)

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Tourists rushed to hospital after hotel pool chlorine leak
February 20, 2012 - 10:43AM

More than 30 people, many of them foreign tourists, were rushed to hospital Saturday on the Thai resort island of Phuket after a chlorine leak at a hotel swimming pool, local officials said.

The accident occurred shortly after 10am local time at the Phuket Orchid Resort and Spa hotel on Karon beach, according to chief investigator Lieutenant Colonel Chavalit Pethsripia.

He said more than 30 people suffered minor injuries after they were exposed to an unhealthily high level of chlorine in the pool...

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-inc ... k-20120220 (http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/tourists-rushed-to-hospital-after-hotel-pool-chlorine-leak-20120220)

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