The Associated Press
DENVER — About 400 people have been evacuated from National Jewish Health hospital in Denver because of fumes from a mixture of hazardous chemicals.
Hospital spokesman William Allstetter says most of those evacuated Monday were staff members. About 25 people were transported to other hospitals for treatment, mostly for nausea and respiratory irritation.
The evacuations included about 90 children from an elementary school who were at the hospital.
Allstetter says chlorine and hydrochloric acid were spilled or inadvertently mixed during the cleaning of a swimming pool at the hospital. The fumes forced the evacuation of three buildings on the hospital campus.
The Denver Fire Department says the chemicals were mixed in tunnels that run between the hospital buildings.