Camperdown apartment evacuated with two people rushed to hospital after toxic fumes break out
The apartment building is being evacuated and two workers have been rushed to hospital after inhaling toxic fumes
- Apartments evacuated after leaking toxic fumes
- Fumes from mixing pool chemicals
- Two people were rushed to a hospital in Sydney
An apartment building has been evacuated and two people have been rushed to hospital after toxic fumes were detected in the residential complex.
Fire and rescue crews were called to the building on Parramatta Road in Camperdown, an outback suburb of Sydney, at about 11:15 a.m. on Thursday.
About 70 residents were evacuated after toxic fumes were released when chlorine was mixed with hydrochloric acid in a maintenance room used for a swimming pool.
Rescuers in HAZMAT suits were able to stop the fumes by pouring the chemicals into water.
Emergency workers in HAZMAT suits attended a Sydney apartment building that had to be evacuated due to toxic fumes
The two people rushed to hospital were the pool workers who are feared to have inhaled the toxic fumes.
Police and NSW Safe Work agents were also on the scene.
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