Overview
- An automatic chlorine-gas alarm at the AquaSol combined indoor/outdoor pool triggered a full evacuation and site cordon, forcing up to 600 visitors to leave the facility in the morning.
- Firefighters issued a public warning through the NINA alert app, carried out initial on-site gas measurements that showed no sustained hazardous readings, and then entered the plant room in protective suits to take further readings.
- Responders manually shut off all chlorine cylinders and ended a roughly three-hour emergency operation with no reported injuries, while police collected personal items left by evacuees.
- The pool operator kept AquaSol closed as a precaution for the day and said it expects to reopen once technicians confirm equipment safety and sensor accuracy.
- Toxicology experts note that chlorine can cause severe lung damage at high concentrations, which explains the conservative evacuation and ongoing checks of the detection system and handling equipment.