{"id":148368,"date":"2017-04-03T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/148368\/update-workers-taken-to-hospital-after-chemical-leak\/"},"modified":"2017-04-03T15:56:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T13:56:31","slug":"update-workers-taken-to-hospital-after-chemical-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/04\/03\/update-workers-taken-to-hospital-after-chemical-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Workers taken to hospital after chemical leak"},"content":{"rendered":"

A chemical leak at Interwaste Environmental Solutions, in Power Street Germiston, left numerous people injured on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cA tipper bin filled with chlorine had a chemical reaction which resulted in a vapour release,\u201d said the station manager at Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS), Daine Jones.<\/p>

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\u201cFirefighters from the Germiston and Boksburg fire stations arrived on-scene and found that some of the factory workers had inhaled the chemical fumes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones also said that those affected were treated by paramedics on the scene.<\/p>

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\u201cDEMS, along with several other services, treated patients for chemical inhalation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne-hundred-and-nineteen patients, who were accounted for, were transported to different hospitals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe managed to contain the chlorine and the scene is under control now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The GCN is trying to get hold of Interwaste for more information regarding the incident.<\/p>\n