FIFTEEN children have been hospitalized after a chemical leak at a community pool sickens kids.
The hazmat incident unfolded Wednesday afternoon at the Harpers Mill community pool in Chesterfield, Virginia.
Chesterfield Fire lieutenant Kenny Mitchell told 8News that four kids and one adult were transported to the hospital from the scene.
An additional 11 children were taken to local hospitals by their parents, officials said.
The fire lieutenant said the victims were complaining of respiratory issues and nausea.
Authorities said an additional 25-30 kids were evaluated on the scene.
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Witness Libbie Reeves was at the location with her children when she saw a "surge of people jumping out of the pool" and began "coughing and gagging."
"There was just a big surge of everybody jumping out of the pool and coughing and gagging and just a smell of, you know, chemical,"witness Libbie Reeves told WTVR.
"A lot of kids jumped out, and just a strong chemical smell in the air.
"The kids were coughing, and everybody was looking at each other asking what's that smell," Reeves continued.
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Reeves' son, Tyler, told the outlet that it was "super hard to breathe," adding that the smell would "hurt his lungs".
"If I took a deep breath, it would hurt my lungs, and it would trigger a tickly, spiky feeling and then I would cough. So it [was] super hard to breathe," the child said.
An HCA Healthcare official told NBC12 that the five children and one adult who were transported from the scene to the hospital are in stable condition.
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The conditions of the other 11 children were not immediately made available.
Police have yet to name the substance that leaked into the waters or what caused the incident.
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