Water Park’s Disastrous Grand Opening Sends 16 People to the Hospital

The grand opening of a massive Texas water park on Wednesday included a hazardous chemical incident at one part of Great Wolf Lodge in Webster, Texas.
The incident happened in a pool house that is not a part of the water park, according to the Houston Chronicle.
The $200 million attraction has a 92,000-square-foot indoor water park and a 61,000-square-foot Adventure Park, according to the Chronicle.

Five people evacuated the building.
Sixteen other employees and contractors working at the site were taken to local hospitals, according to Fox News.

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Webster Fire Chief Dean Spencer said a contractor mixed what he called two “unlike” chemicals — sodium hypochlorite and sulfuric acid – setting off the incident.

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