Birling Gap beach: 100 treated after chemical 'mist' - Sensationalist Headlines

[QUOTE]More than 100 people have been treated in hospital after a suspected chemical leak along the East Sussex coast. Birling Gap beach was evacuated on Sunday after people reported breathing difficulties, stinging eyes and vomiting when a "mist" appeared. Eastbourne District General Hospital says it has treated 133 people. Investigations are under way into the cause of the "chemical haze", which was currently unknown, Sussex Police said. A spokesman said the first report came in just before 17:00 BST where "up to 50 people had been affected by irritation to eyes and throats". Six people initially went to hospital with minor symptoms, but as of Sunday night 133 patients were being "decontaminated" at hospital, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust said. [/QUOTE] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41070002[/url]

This made me think like it was something like the movie 'the mist' still awfull nonethless. Hope everyone will recover that has been affeceted by this

Possible chlorine leak according to other sources. just wow.

From the description I would guess at hydrogen chloride gas, would look like a white mist and would turn into acid when in contact with water (or exposed membranes)

But where the fuck did it come from? I was watching this on the news and I only caught the end of it.

This is where i live, ive been at reading all sunday for the festival and as soon as i got connection all i saw on facebook was posts about peoples eyes and throats. When we were drivijt back bexhill/hastings way the haze was still there and i could literally taste pure chlorine and my throat was killing me. This is some fucked up shit

[QUOTE=cr2142;52621842]This is where i live, ive been at reading all sunday for the festival and as soon as i got connection all i saw on facebook was posts about peoples eyes and throats. When we were drivijt back bexhill/hastings way the haze was still there and i could literally taste pure chlorine and my throat was killing me. This is some fucked up shit[/QUOTE] Any local news that way? I'm a few towns over and we've got nothing, no news except police aren't ruling out land or sea but It isn't from the French coast

[QUOTE=_Maverick_;52622117]Any local news that way? I'm a few towns over and we've got nothing, no news except police aren't ruling out land or sea but It isn't from the French coast[/QUOTE] Basically all we are getting, if anyone wants the local news its the eastbourne herald/gazette Latest atm is that its highly unlikely to happen again, the dgh is filled with cases atm and theyve erected tents outside for people with symptons

[QUOTE=cr2142;52621842]This is where i live, ive been at reading all sunday for the festival and as soon as i got connection all i saw on facebook was posts about peoples eyes and throats. When we were drivijt back bexhill/hastings way the haze was still there and i could literally taste pure chlorine and my throat was killing me. This is some fucked up shit[/QUOTE] I was at Herstmonceux and I could see a mist yesterday evening/night as I looked across towards the dows but I doubt it was the chlorine that I saw. Was up on a hill myself so would of been ok

[QUOTE=Complifusedv2;52623118]I was at Herstmonceux and I could see a mist yesterday evening/night as I looked across towards the dows but I doubt it was the chlorine that I saw. Was up on a hill myself so would of been ok[/QUOTE] probably the tiredness of 24 hours of no sleep but something didn't smell right and like I said my eyes were watering like mad and my throat was killing, this was more battle/bexhill way though. got back into eastbourne at about 3 and everything seemed to of cleared up though

Any UK posters nearby the event able to confirm/deny that it was a chlorine leak?

[QUOTE=James xX;52621359]From the description I would guess at hydrogen chloride gas, would look like a white mist and would turn into acid when in contact with water (or exposed membranes)[/QUOTE] Seems you're right, to someone who hasn't experience with chemicals HCL and Chlorine would smell the same without the two next to each other. Chlorine would've produced a much different looking cloud, seems like a spill of HCL due to the white cloud. Which is worse, since chlorine hydrolyzes to HCL in the body anyway and can be fatal in the quantities these people were breathing since it was causing discharge and vomiting. Glad nobody was seriously injured.