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By Andy Rose, CNN
Around 65 people were sickened Saturday afternoon at a Houston-area water park in what local officials called a chemical incident.
“In the area around the kiddie pool in this water park, a lifeguard was sick, and soon after that, more and more people began becoming sick,” Harris County Judge Lina Hildalgo said in a news conference outside Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown in Spring, Texas.
“What began as a fun family day has turned into very much a nightmare for many families,” she said.
Public health officials are ordering the park to remain closed until they determine exactly what happened.
Updated: 0:13, 18 Jul 2021
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A TODDLER was rushed to hospital on Saturday after 65 people were left ill following a chemical leak at a water park in Texas, authorities said.
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown has been shut until further notice after more than 20 people were taken to hospital following the incident, Spring Fire Department said on Saturday.
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Emergency services rushed to the scene on Saturday afternoonCredit: abc13
Spring Fire Department chief Scott Seifert confirmed 26 people were taken to hospital and 39 were treated at the scene.
A three-year-old was rushed to hospital in an ambulance, authorities said at a press briefing on Saturday evening.
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