PITTSBURGH — A chlorine leak prompted an evacuation of a local pool Thursday.
Emergency crews said Highland Park pool was evacuated around 12:30 p.m.
Channel 11's Rick Earle reported that employees were moving a chlorine tank when the top of one broke off.
“The top snapped off. It’s a malfunction of the canister, so we did have a major leak here,” said Chief Operations Officer Guy Costa.
Crews alerted the nearby Pittsburgh Zoo.
“The zoo was notified because a lot of gas was blowing over the hill,” said Costa.
Costa said the manufacturer of the chlorine tank will be at the pool Friday to see what went wrong.
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The pool reopened on Friday.
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