<p>Sixteen people took ill after inhaling chlorine gas that leaked at a civic-run swimming pool in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/two-hour-block-on-part-of-mumbai-pune-expressway-for-gantry-erection-on-tuesday-23313441" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Pimpri-Chinchwad area</a> of Maharashtra's Pune district on Tuesday, a fire official said.</p>
<p>The gas leaked from a cylinder at a <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/rahul-gandhi-a-qualified-leader-but-not-good-orator-maharashtra-opposition-leader-vijay-wadettiwar-23313444" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">municipal swimming pool</a> in the Kasarwadi area around 9 am, the official said.</p>
<p>Fire officials sealed the cylinder and submerged it in the pool to allow the gas to dissolve in the water, he said.</p>
<p>"We cordoned off the area and evacuated people. At least 16 people who were in the pool inhaled the gas and were taken to a civic-run hospital for treatment," the officer said, adding that some lifeguards were also affected.</p>
<p>People who inhaled chlorine gas complained of cough and nausea, a civic official said, adding that the condition of the affected persons was stable.</p>
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Sixteen people took ill after inhaling chlorine gas that leaked at a civic-run swimming pool in Pimpri-Chinchwad area of Maharashtra`s Pune district on Tuesday

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The gas leaked from a cylinder at a municipal swimming pool in the Kasarwadi area around 9 am

16 hospitalised after inhaling chlorine gas at civic-run swimming pool in Pune

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