Dozens of swimmers were hospitalized — including at least three children who were admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit — after a chlorine pump malfunctioned at a Pleasant Grove pool Tuesday.
Swimmers were vomiting and passing out at the Veterans Memorial Pool late Tuesday afternoon when a chlorine pump failed and then turned back on, pumping out large amounts of chlorine and producing toxic fumes, police told FOX 13.
About 50 people were sickened, with ambulances taking 26 people to area hospitals and others seeking treatment later, according to Pleasant Grove police. Some of the patients suffered coughing and nosebleeds; some were unconscious, police said.