On Thursday a major London hospital was evacuated over fears there would be an explosion as there was “a chemical spill.”
Some 150 people at Guy’s Hospital, London was evacuated as an engineer accidentally mixed “chlorine with sulphuric acid” and it then “exploded.”
London Fire Brigade responded to the chemical spill and visitors, staff and patients were all evacuated from the basements and ground floor areas.
A police officer at the scene told The Sun, “There was a chemical leak in the basement of Guy’s hospital. It’s just reopened now.
“One of the engineers accidentally mixed chlorine with sulphuric acid, and it totally exploded.”
Another officer added, “There’s been a chemical spill in the basement that was potentially quite dangerous.
But it’s all been cleared and it’s absolutely no risk to anybody.
London’s fire service said in a statement, “Firefighters responded to reports of chemical incident at Guys Hospital.
Two fire engines, two Fire Rescue Units, a Command Unit and specialist hazardous materials officers attended the scene.
Crews carried out operations to ventilate the building and evacuated staff, patients and visitors from the basement and ground floor levels of the hospital.
The Brigade was first called about the incident at 0849, with crews from Whitechapel, Dowgate, Euston and surrounding fire stations have been sent to the scene. The incident was over for firefighters by 1109.”
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