The Geerdegemvaart Municipal Swimming Pool in Mechelen (Antwerp Province) was evacuated on Wednesday morning after a group of 30 children that were swimming there became unwell. The children and others that were at the swimming pool were told to leave. The Fire Service was called to carry out tests to ascertain why the children became ill.
On Wednesday morning around 30 children that were having a swimming lesson at the Geerdegemvaart Municipal Swimming Pool became unwell. The pool was evacuated straight away. The Rivierenland Local Police Service Spokesman Dirk Van de Sande told VRT News that “Once they were outside most of the children felt ok again. 5 children were given a medical check-up in an ambulance. No one was taken to hospital”.
The emergency services were at the scene quickly and in numbers. Around 120 children were escorted outside. There were able to wait in the buses that had brought them to the swimming pool.
The Fire Service is carrying out tests to find out what caused the children to become ill.