Nine children and two adults were taken to hospital as a precaution today after a chlorine leak at Vale Farm baths.
The London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Serrvice were called at 1.40pm after reports of the chlorine leak in the learner pool. The Sports Centre was evacuated as a precaution and road closures put in place.
The pool re-opened at 4pm when readings returned to normal.
Chris Williams, area contract manager of Everyone Active who manage the Vale Farm Sports Centre, said:
The centre was evacuated at 1.40pm today after excess chlorine was released into the pool.
Some customers were taken to hospital as a precaution, and no colleagues were injured. The incident was isolated to the pool area, but we closed the whole building as a precautionary measure.
Safety is our top priority and we are taking this incident very seriously. We are conducting a full investigation into the cause and will implement necessary measures to prevent similar occurrences in future.
The centre reopened at 4pm today and the pool will reopen at 6.30am tomorrow, after thorough safety checks. We sincerely apologise to all affected customers and will provide an update as soon as we can.
This pool and centre are so poorly run - an accident waiting to happen. The hygiene of the place is in shambles to start with and maintenance of things that get broken is non existent so can’t say surprised. I hope the my learn from this and implement some serious changes and do the basics right
ReplyDeleteI stopped going years 10 years + Hygiene was terrible, I reported that parents of children were walking with shoes from outside to wash their children’s hair in the communal showers. The parents did not understand that it could lead to verruca or other infections. I reported it to the reception staff you would now call that gaslighting.
ReplyDeleteI stopped going years ago, disgusting place
ReplyDeletePoor excuse for a Swimming Pool, should be permanently closed.
ReplyDeleteChlorine doesn’t just leak into a pool, it is dosed in. Who was doing the regular pool testing to identify the chlorine levels?
ReplyDeleteSuggest you all write to Cllr Neil Nerva, Brent Council Cabinet Member for Community Health & Wellbeing - cllr.neil.nerva@brent.gov.uk - to raise your concerns about Vale Farm Sports Centre... https://democracy.brent.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=8865
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