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DC fire crews treat 7 for chemical reaction

Units one scene take readings and evaluate residents after reported odor judged to be muriatic acid

By Meta Pettus
WUSA9

WASHINGTON — DC Fire and EMS treated 7 patients — five adults and two kids — at the aquatic center in the 600 block of North Carolina Avenue SE because of some kind of chemical reaction. Everyone has been transported.

Units were on the scene taking readings and evaluating residents. Units said the odor is muriatic acid.

Reprinted with permission from WUSA9