Major incident London Aquatics Centre

Emergency services responded to a "major incident" at the site in Stratford this morning and treated a number of people experiencing breathing difficulties ...

Chlorine gas can cause eye irritation and breathing problems if it is released into the air. A number of people are being treated by @Ldn_Ambulance. The majority of patients were reporting minor breathing difficulties. "Thank you to all our teams who responded today, both at the scene and in our control room, and to our firefighter and police colleagues." Emergency services responded to a "major incident" at the site in Stratford this morning and treated a number of people experiencing breathing difficulties at the scene. In an update Darren Farmer, London Ambulance Service gold commander, said: "This morning we responded to a major incident at the London Aquatic Centre in Stratford, alongside colleagues from the London Fire Brigade and Metropolitan Police.

Most report minor breathing difficulties, says ambulance service after incident at aquatics centre.

It said the ambulance service was treating a number of patients. He added: “I’m fine, but there were some people who were struggling with breathing and coughing and London ambulance service were treating. It took a little while for them to work out what to do but that’s understandable. My view is they should not have been taking a chlorine delivery at that time of day while open to the public – if that’s indeed what caused the problem.” The majority of patients were reporting minor breathing difficulties.” At least nine construction workers on a neighbouring site were also treated at the scene.