MESA, AZ — Seven people have been hospitalized after a HAZMAT situation at the Brimhall Aquatic Center in Mesa.
The Brimhall Aquatic Center is located just southwest of Higley Road and Southern Avenue.
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The Mesa Fire Department says sodium bicarbonate and bleach were mixed, and the mixture is "off-gassing," causing the HAZMAT response.
Mesa police say five of the seven people hospitalized are City of Mesa employees. The other two people hospitalized were participants in a swim lesson class. It's unclear what age those two people are, though earlier in the morning police said several grade school-aged children were being treated.
It's unclear what condition those seven people are in.
ABC15 is working on gathering more information on this incident and will bring it to you as soon as we learn more.
Officials with Mesa Public Schools tell ABC15 that Franklin Accelerated Academy at Brimhall was evacuated due to the situation at the aquatic center.
Summer school had not yet started for the day at the time of the incident and was canceled for the day.
Buses on the way to the school were rerouted to Madison Elementary School for families to pick up their students.
Mesa Public Schools had 28 students on the Franklin at Brimhall campus during the incident. Their parents were contacted and picked up from the school, officials say.
Officials say the pool will be closed tomorrow and the dive-in movie night scheduled for Friday will be postponed for June 14. The rest of the Brimhall campus will reopen Friday.
