Incident in the Lech Valley
56-year-old suffers chlorine gas poisoning in hotel
Dangerous incidents occur time and again when handling chlorine gas, and on Wednesday this happened in a hotel in Steeg in the Lech Valley. A 56-year-old man was affected and had to be admitted to hospital.
At around 12.30 pm, the 56-year-old local man was working on the chlorine system in the hotel's technical room. This resulted in a leak of chlorine gas. The man was able to close both the affected canister and the plant room on his own and then set the rescue chain in motion.
Fire department alerted
The building had to be ventilated by the fire department, but not evacuated. After first aid, the local man was flown by rescue helicopter to the hospital in Reutte with suspected chlorine gas poisoning. No other persons were injured.
The Steeg, Elbigenalp and Reutte volunteer fire departments were deployed with a total of seven vehicles and 43 firefighters.
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