Children get sick at indoor swimming pool

Fifteen children attending a day campand seven employeeswere taken to hospital today after falling ill at an indoor swimming pool in Varennes, east of Montreal.

Emergency services were called to the site, where they found thechildren complainingof headaches, dizziness and difficultly breathing.

Seven of the children all between the ages of five and eightwere transported by ambulance as a precaution.

None of the childrenlost consciousnessand their lives are not in danger, according to Sgt.PierreTremblaywith theRichelieu-Saint-Laurent police.

Chemicalmix?

The pool is currently closed and emergency officials say they have not yet determined what made thechildren sick.

Investigators think the problem was centred aroundthe wading pool, which turned brown after the evacuation.

They think two chemicals that shouldn't have been mixed somehow ended up in the waterat the same time.

Varennescity officials say the incident was likely caused by malfunctioning pool maintenanceequipment.