Olympic Park: Major gas leak incident at London Aquatics Centre
23 March 2022, 11:26 GMT
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-60849142.amp
A major incident has been declared and dozens of people are suffering breathing difficulties following a gas leak at the London Aquatics Centre.
About 200 people were evacuated from the centre at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, after a large amount of chlorine gas was released.
The park said paramedics were treating "a number of casualties with breathing difficulties".
Residents in the area have been asked to close windows and doors.
The fire service said the gas leak had been caused by a chemical reaction, causing a "high quantity of chlorine gas" to be released.
