Ukusabela kwamakhemikhali kubangele ukukhishwa kwegesi enobuthi ye-chlorine echibini lokubhukuda eLondon namuhla, lapho abasebenzi be London Aquatics Centre eQueen Elizabeth Olympic Park eStratford bebehambisa amakhemikhali.

Ngokusho kweLondon Fire Brigade ibize ngoLwesithathu ekuseni ngemuva kokukhishwa kwegesi, "inqwaba yegesi ye-chlorine ikhishwe ngaphakathi esikhungweni ngenxa yokusabela kwamakhemikhali."

Babalelwa ku-200 abantu abakhishwe echibini kanti izakhamizi zezakhiwo ziyalelwe ukuthi zivale amafasitela neminyango njengoba izicishamlilo ziphefumula ngentuthu enobuthi.

Idlanzana labantu balaliswe esibhedlela benenkinga yokuphefumula Londonizibhedlela. Ngokusho kwabaphathi be-pool, "idlanzana labalimele ababenenkinga yokuphefumula" bebelashwa yi-London Ambulance Service.

I-chlorine ijwayele ukusetshenziselwa ukubulala amagciwane emachibini okubhukuda, futhi imvamisa ihanjiswa ngendlela ewuketshezi noma yekristalu. Nokho, i-chlorine iba igesi uma ixutshwe ne-asidi efana ne-ammonia noma i-hydrochloric acid, futhi le nkungu ephuzi-luhlaza ingabangela ukuhlanza nokulimala kokuphefumula lapho ihogelwa.