Overview
- Staff reported a sharp, vinegary odor Friday around 11 a.m. PT at Crystal Pool, triggering an evacuation and a hazmat response.
- Paramedics assessed 10 people and took eight to hospital in stable condition, B.C. Emergency Health Services said.
- The city briefly told nearby residents to shelter indoors before lifting the alert once the risk eased.
- The pool is safe to enter but will remain closed until Tuesday morning as WorkSafeBC probes how two chemicals mixed to create gas.
- Island Health cleared areas of the Royal Jubilee and Victoria General emergency rooms to receive patients and did not declare a mass-casualty Code Orange.